hindu

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Hin=du

CIDE DICTIONARY

hindu, n. [Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. Indian.].

 A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

hindu, n. 

 Same as Hindoo. This is now the more commonly used spelling.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hindu, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a follower of Hinduism.
2 archaic an Indian.
--adj.
1 of or concerning Hindus or Hinduism.
2 archaic Indian.

Etymology

Urdu f. Pers. f. Hind India