# इन्द्र
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɪn.d̪ɾᵊ/, [ɪ̃n̪.d̪ɾᵊ]

### Proper noun

इन्द्र • (indra) m (Urdu spelling اندر)
* Alternative spelling of इंद्र (indra): Indra (Hindu god of thunder)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ইন্দ্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬇᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* ইন্দ্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰂𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဣန္ဒြ (Burmese script)
* ઇન્દ્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਇਨ੍ਦ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂅𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಇನ್ದ್ರ (Kannada script)
* ឥន្ទ្រ (Khmer script)
* ອິນ຺ທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* ഇന്ദ്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᡳᠨᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘂𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠢᠨᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦢𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢄꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆅𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖂𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ඉන්‍ද්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚂𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* இந்த்³ர (Tamil script)
* ఇన్ద్ర (Telugu script)
* อินฺทฺร (Thai script)
* ཨི་ནྡྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒃𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *índras. Cognate with Avestan 𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬭𐬀 (iṇdra, name of a daeva). Related to Kamkata-viri Indrë, and Prasuni Indr.
The further etymology is uncertain, with two theories about its origin:
* One possibility is conception as a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyd- (“to swell”) with nasal infix, thus *(H)i-n-d-rá-s (“strong”) individualized into "the strong one" and underwent a secondary accent shift. In this case इन्द्र (indra) could be cognate with Serbo-Croatian jedar (“strong”).
* Alternatively from the BMAC substrate. Maybe related to Proto-Circassian *yənə-ø-ra ‘huge-be-ger’, cf. Abkhaz a-ynar, the Nart god of the forge.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ín.dɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /in̪.d̪ɾɐ/

### Proper noun

इन्द्र • (índra) stem, m
* Indra
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.12.3:यो ह॒त्वाहि॒मरि॑णात्स॒प्त सिन्धू॒न्यो गा उ॒दाज॑दप॒धा व॒लस्य॑ । यो अश्म॑नोर॒न्तर॒ग्निं ज॒जान॑ सं॒वृक्स॒मत्सु॒ स ज॑नास॒ इन्द्रः॑ ॥yó hatvā́himáriṇātsaptá síndhūnyó gā́ udā́jadapadhā́ valásya. yó áśmanorantáragníṃ jajā́na saṃvṛ́ksamátsu sá janāsa índraḥ.He who slew the Dragon, freed the Seven Rivers [from captivity], and drove the cows [from captivity] forth from the cave of Vala, he who begat fire between two stones, he who overpowers warriors in battle, he, O folks, is Indra.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Noun

इन्द्र • (índra) stem, m
* the supreme being
* a prince
* best, excellent, the first, the chief (of any class of objects)
* the twenty-sixth Yoga or division of a circle on the plane of the ecliptic
* the Yoga star in the twenty-sixth nakshatra, γ Pegasi

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* इन्द्रिय (indriya)
* इन्द्रागार (indrāgāra)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha:
*** Arabic script: اِن
*** Latin script: in
* Prakrit: 𑀇𑀁𑀤 (iṃda)
* Pali: 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤 (inda)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਇੰਦਰ (indar), ਇੰਦ (inda)
    Shahmukhi script: اِندَر (īndar), اِند (īnd)
* → Old Javanese: indra
** Javanese: ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿ (Indra)
*** → Indonesian: Indra (semantic loan)
** → Balinese: ᬇᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ᬭ (Indra, indra)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 192-93

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “इन्द्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 166.