Hinduism

See also: hinduism

English

Alternative forms

• Hindooism (dated)
• Hindouism (non-Native speakers' English)

Etymology

Hindu +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪnduɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Hinduism (countable and uncountable, plural Hinduisms)

1. A religion, philosophy and culture native to India, characterized by the belief in reincarnation and a supreme oneness personified in many forms and natures.
   • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Tuchanka:

     Mordin: Wheel of life. Popular salarian concept. Similar to human Hinduism in focus on reincarnation.
     Mordin: Appealing to see life as endless. Fix mistakes in next life. Learn, adapt, improve.
     Mordin: Refuse to believe life ends here. Too wasteful. Have much more to offer. Mistakes to fix. Cannot end here. Could do so much more.

Synonyms

• Sanatana Dharma

Hypernyms

• religion

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}
• (subdivisions): Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, Smartism
• Hindutva

Translations

religion

• Albanian: hinduizëm m
• Arabic: هِنْدُوسِيَّة (ar) f (hindūsiyya)
• Armenian: հինդուիզմ (hy) (hinduizm)
• Assamese: হিন্দু ধৰ্ম (hindu dhormo)
• Azerbaijani: induizm
• Belarusian: індуі́зм m (induízm)
• Bengali: হিন্দুধর্ম (bn) (hindudhormo)
• Breton: hindouegezh f, hindouadegezh f
• Bulgarian: индуи́зъм m (induízǎm)
• Burmese: ဟိန္ဒူဘာသာ (my) (hindubhasa)
• Catalan: hinduisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 印度教 (jan³ dou⁶ gaau³)

  Hokkien: 印度教 (Ìn-tō͘-kàu)

  Mandarin: 印度教 (zh) (yìndùjiào)

• Czech: hinduismus (cs) m, hinduizmus (cs) m
• Danish: hinduisme (da) c
• Dhivehi: ހިންދޫދީން (hin̊dūdīn̊)
• Dutch: hindoeïsme (nl) n
• Estonian: hinduism
• Finnish: hindulaisuus (fi)
• French: hindouisme (fr) m, indouisme (fr) m
• Galician: hinduismo m
• Georgian: ინდუიზმი (ka) (induizmi)
• German: Hinduismus (de) m
• Greek: ινδουισμός (el) m (indouismós)
• Gujarati: હિંદુ ધર્મ m (hindu dharma)
• Hebrew: הִינְדּוּאִיזְם m (hindu'ísm)
• Hindi: हिन्दू धर्म m (hindū dharm), सनातन धर्म m (sanātan dharm)
• Hungarian: hinduizmus (hu)
• Indonesian: agama Hindu
• Japanese: ヒンズー教 (ja) (ヒンズきょう, hinzukyō)
• Kannada: ಹಿಂದೂ ಧರ್ಮ (hindū dharma), ಹಿಂದು ಧರ್ಮ (kn) (hindu dharma), ಹಿಂದುತ್ವ (kn) (hindutva)
• Kashmiri: ہِندوُ مَت (hindvu mat)
• Kazakh: индуизм (induizm)
• Khmer: សាសនាព្រាហ្មណ៍ (saasnaa priem), សាសនាហិណ្ឌូ (saasnaa hǝnduu)
• Korean: 힌두교 (ko) (hindugyo)
• Kyrgyz: индуизм (induizm)
• Lao: ສາສະໜາພາມ (sā sa nā phām)
• Latin: Hinduismus m
• Latvian: hinduisms m
• Lithuanian: induizmas m
• Malay: Hindu (ms), agama Hindu, Hinduisme, hinduisme
• Malayalam: ഹിന്ദുമതം (hindumataṁ)
• Maltese: Ħinduiżmu m
• Maori: hinitūtanga, hinerūtanga
• Marathi: हिंदू धर्म (hindū dharma)
• Nepali: हिन्दू धर्म (hindū dharma)
• Norwegian: hinduisme (no)
• Odia: ହିନ୍ଦୁ ଧର୍ମ (hindu dhôrmô)
• Pashto: هندويزم m (hendoízm)
• Persian: هندوئیسم (hendu'isem), هندوگرایی (hendugarâyi)
• Polish: hinduizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: hinduísmo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੂ ਧਰਮ (hindū dharam)
• Romanian: hinduism (ro) n
• Russian: индуи́зм (ru) m (induízm)
• Sanskrit: हिन्दूधर्म (hindūdharma), सनातन धर्म m (sanātana dharma)
• Santali: ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱩ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ (hindu dhôrôm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндуизам m

  Roman: hinduizam (sh) m

• Sindhi: هندو مت
• Sinhalese: හින්දු ආගම (hindu āgama)
• Slovak: hinduizmus m
• Slovene: hinduizem (sl) m
• Spanish: hinduismo (es) m
• Swahili: Uhindu
• Swedish: hinduism (sv)
• Tagalog: Indowismo, Indoismo
• Tajik: ҳиндуия (hinduyiya)
• Tamil: இந்து சமயம் (intu camayam)
• Tatar: һинд дине (hind dine)
• Telugu: హిందూమతం (hindūmataṁ), హిందుత్వం (hindutvaṁ), హిందూమతము (te) (hindūmatamu)
• Thai: ศาสนาฮินดู (th) (sàat-sà-nǎa-hin-duu)
• Turkish: Hinduizm (tr)
• Turkmen: induizm
• Ukrainian: індуї́зм (uk) m (indujízm)
• Urdu: ہندو مذہب (hindū mazhab), ہندو مت m (hindū mat)
• Uyghur: ھىندى دىنى (hindi dini)
• Uzbek: induizm, hinduizm, hinduiylik
• Vietnamese: Ấn-độ giáo
• Volapük: hindut (vo)
• Welsh: Hindŵaeth f
• Western Panjabi: ھندو مت

See also

• Category:Hinduism