Meaning and Origin
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- A user from Wisconsin, U.S. says the name Hind is of Arabic origin and means "Beautiful".
- According to a user from India, the name Hind means "Adored".
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Hind is of Arabic origin and means "Precious".
- According to a user from Pennsylvania, U.S., the name Hind is of Arabic origin and means "Group of camels or deer 100".
- [Zoöl] The female of the red deer, of which the male is the stag.
- [Zoöl] A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus, as Epinephelus apua of Bermuda, and Epinephelus Drummond-hayi of Florida; -- called also coney John Paw spotted hind.
Etymology: AS. hind; akin to D. hinde, OHG. hinta, G. hinde hindin, Icel., Sw., & Dan. hind, and perh. to Goth. hinþan to seize (in comp.), E. hunt, or cf. Gr. kema`s a young deer
- A domestic; a servant.(Obs)
- A peasant; a rustic; a farm servant.(Eng)"The hind, that homeward driving the slow steer Tells how man's daily work goes forward here." [Trench.]
Etymology: OE. hine, AS. hīne hīna, orig. gen. pl. of hīwan domestics; akin to Icel. hjū man and wife, domestics, family, Goth. heiwafrauja master of the house, G. heirath marriage; cf. L. civis citizen, E. city or E. home. Cf. Hide a measure of land
Etymology: OE. hind, adv., back, AS. hindan behind. See Hinder (a.)
- A female deer, especially an adult female red deer
- Any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
- Located at or near the back of an animal ("back (or hind) legs" and "the hinder part of a carcass")
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”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.
Wikispecies From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.
- A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
- A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
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”).
- (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
hind was also found in the following language(s): Danish, Estonian, Faroese, Icelandic, Old English, Scots, and Swedish