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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.

From hind, a nickname for a gentle or timid person.

Borrowed from Arabic and Classical Persian هِنْد (hind) (see there for more). Also an abbreviation of Hindustan.

Borrowed from Arabic هِنْد (hind).

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.

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”).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خَلْفِيّ (ḵalfiyy) — located at the rear
• Belarusian: за́дні (zádni) — located at the rear
• Belarusian: ты́льны (týlʹny) — located at the rear
• Bulgarian: за́ден (záden) — located at the rear
• Catalan: posterior — located at the rear
• Chinese Mandarin: 後面的 /后面的 (hòumiàn de) — located at the rear
• Czech: zadní — located at the rear
• Dutch: achterste — located at the rear
• Esperanto: malantaŭa — located at the rear
• Finnish: taka- — located at the rear
• French: arrière — located at the rear
• French: postérieur — located at the rear
• German: hinterer — located at the rear
• German: Rück- — located at the rear
• Hungarian: hátsó — located at the rear
• Hungarian: hátulsó — located at the rear
• Italian: posteriore — located at the rear
• Italian: didietro — located at the rear
• Japanese: 後ろの (ushiro no) — located at the rear
• Japanese: 後方の (kōhō no) — located at the rear
• Korean: 뒤의 (dwiui) — located at the rear
• Korean: 배후의 (baehuui) — located at the rear
• Central Kurdish: پاشوو (paşû) — located at the rear
• Macedonian: заден (zaden) — located at the rear
• Māori: takamuri — located at the rear
• Polish: tylny — located at the rear
• Polish: zadni — located at the rear
• Portuguese: traseiro — located at the rear
• Portuguese: posterior — located at the rear
• Romanian: posterior — located at the rear
• Russian: за́дний (zádnij) — located at the rear
• Russian: ты́льный (týlʹnyj) — located at the rear
• Russian: хвостово́й (xvostovój) — located at the rear
• Serbo-Croatian: за̏дњӣ — located at the rear
• Serbo-Croatian: zȁdnjī — located at the rear
• Slovak: zadný — located at the rear
• Slovene: zadnji — located at the rear
• Spanish: trasero — located at the rear
• Ukrainian: за́дній (zádnij) — located at the rear
• Ukrainian: ти́льний (týlʹnyj) — located at the rear
• Armenian: եղնիկ (eġnik) — female deer
• Asturian: venada — female deer
• Bulgarian: сърна (sǎrna) — female deer
• Bulgarian: кошута (košuta) — female deer
• Czech: laň — female deer
• Dutch: hinde — female deer
• Esperanto: cervino — female deer
• Finnish: saksanhirvinaaras — female deer
• French: biche — female deer
• German: Hinde — female deer
• German: Hirschkuh — female deer
• German: weiblicher Hirsch — female deer
• Hindi: हिरनी (hirnī) — female deer
• Hungarian: szarvastehén — female deer
• Hungarian: ünő — female deer
• Icelandic: hind — female deer
• Italian: cerva — female deer
• Latin: cerva — female deer
• Norwegian: hind — female deer
• Old English: hind — female deer
• Polish: łania — female deer
• Portuguese: corça — female deer
• Romanian: ciută — female deer
• Russian: самка оленя (samka olenja) — female deer
• Russian: оле́ниха (olénixa) — female deer
• Russian: олени́ха (oleníxa) — female deer
• Serbo-Croatian: кошута — female deer
• Serbo-Croatian: košuta — female deer
• Lower Sorbian: jelenica — female deer
• Upper Sorbian: jelenica — female deer
• Spanish: cierva — female deer
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎊𐎍𐎚 (ʿylt) — female deer
• Ukrainian: олени́ця (olenýcja) — female deer
• Volapük: stäg — female deer
• Volapük: histäg — female deer
• Volapük: jistäg — female deer
• Yiddish: הינד (hind) — female deer