سِنْدٌ

, (S, L,) or السِّنْدُ, (M, L, K,) A certain country, (S, L, K,) well known, (K,) said in the “ Marásid ” to be a country between India (الهِنْد) and Karmán and Sijistán: (TA:) or a people; (K;) [the people of that country;] a well-known nation; (M, L;) a nation bordering upon India, whose colours incline to yellowness, and who are generally slender: (Mgh:) or one of these meanings is the original of the other: (TA:) ↓ سِنْدِىٌّ signifies a single person thereof: (S, K:) and سِنْدٌ is the plural, (K,) or [rather] is applied to the people collectively; (S;) these two words being like زِنْجِىُّ and زِنْجٌ: (TA:) the plural of سِنْدٌ is سُنُودٌ and أَسْنَادٌ. (M, L.) السِّنْدُ is also the name of A great river of الهِنْد [or India; i. e. the Indus]: and of a district in El-Andalus: and of a town in Western Africa (المَغْرِب). (K.)