Question

How did the name of the country India emerge ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

u can also ask in hindi to me

Answer 3

India was given its present name by the British during their reign. This name has come about due to its original name going through many translations.

According to one theory, the word for a `river' in Sanskrit is sindhu. Since originally there were seven rivers (two dried and vanished over the years) during vedic times, the Aryans called the area of Punjab and surrounding region as sapta-sindhu (the land of seven rivers). The Persian and Arab traders called it hindu/hindhu as in their language the initial "s" was pronounced as an aspirated "h". So sidhu became hindu.

When, from Persian, the word found its way into Greek, the initial aspirate was dropped, and it started to appear as "Indu' (as in `India', `Indus', etc.). In this form it reached Latin and most other European languages. So the word sindhu after going through many translations became India in English and after freedom that is the name which was retained/used all over the world.

Answer 4

Here is something I have culled from WIKIPEDIA......

The English term is from Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), via Latin India. Iindía in Byzantine (Koine Greek) ethnography denotes the region beyond the Indus (Ἰνδός) river, since Herodotus (5th century BC) ἡ Ἰνδική χώρη, hē Indikē chōrē; "Indian land", Ἰνδός, Indos, "an Indian", from Old Persian Hinduš (referring to what is now known as Sindh, and listed as a conquered territory by Darius I in the Persepolis terrace inscription). The name is derived ultimately from Sindhu, the Sanskrit name of the river, but also meaning "river" generically. Latin India is used by Lucian (2nd century).
The name India was known in Old English, and was used in King Alfred's translation of Orosius. In Middle English, the name was, under French influence, replaced by Ynde or Inde, which entered Early Modern English as Indie. The name India then came back to English usage from the 17th century onwards, and may be due to the influence of Latin, or Spanish or Portuguese.

Answer 5

came from river indus