Hind
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hind¹
- /haɪnd/
Rhymes with -aɪnd
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hinder
Old English hindan
Middle English hinde
English hind
From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), German hinter (“behind, beyond”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.
adjective hinder · hindmost
- Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts). Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea!
- Backward; to the rear.
hind²
- /haɪnd/
Rhymes with -aɪnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, Proto-West Germanic *hindu, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.
noun hind · hinds
- A doe (female deer), especially a red deer at least two years old. Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
- A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
hind³
- /haɪnd/
Rhymes with -aɪnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English hynd, hine, from Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa (“servant, family member”), in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde (“servant”).
noun hinds
- A servant, especially an agricultural labourer. Attilius Regulus […] writ vnto the common-wealth, that a hynde, or plough-boy whom he had left alone to over-ſee and husband his land (which in all was but ſeaven acres of ground) was run away from his charge[…].
Hind⁴
Where it comes from
From hind, a nickname for a gentle or timid person.
proper noun Hinds · Hynd
- A surname transferred from the nickname.
Hind⁵
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic and Classical Persian هِنْد (hind) (see there for more). Also an abbreviation of Hindustan.
proper noun
- Synonym of Hindustan. Jai Hind!
Hind⁶
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic هِنْد (hind).
proper noun
- A female given name from Arabic.
