هِنْد

1.
a name for A hundred camels; (M, L, K;) as also هُنَيْدَةُ; (T, S, M, A, L, K;) which latter is a determinate noun, imperfectly decl., not admitting the article ال, [though it is written with it in the S, and in a verse cited in the S and L,] nor having a plural, nor a proper singular: (T, L:) [see an example in a verse cited voce سَرِفَ:] or the former is a name for more than a hundred camels and less: (K:) or a little more and a little less: (M, L:) or two hundred camels: (M, A, L, K:) so according to Ez-Ziyádee, as mentioned by ISd, who adds that he had not heard it from any other than IJ: (L:) and the latter, a hundred of other things: (S, L:) or any hundred: (AO, S, L:) also the former, two hundred years: and the latter, [written with the article ال,] a hundred years. (Th, ISd, L.)
2.
الهِنْدُ The name of a well-known nation; (M, L, K;) or of a country: (S, L:) [the Indians: and India:] rel. n. هِنْدِىٌّ: plural هُنُودٌ: (S, L, K:) and الأَهَانِدُ signifies the men of الهِنْد [or India]; as also الهَنَادِكُ, (L, K,) plural of هِنْدِكِىٌّ [q. v. in article هندك]. (L.)
3.
See also أَحْمَسُ.

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