Etymology of Your Religion's Name

Explain the etymology that resulted in the name of your religion.

I know Hindu has to do with the Sanskrit word "sindhu," which translates to "river," and the Indus River that lies north of India, but I'm unclear on the details (perhaps my fellow Hindus can set me straight).

Where does your religion's name come from?

From Google.

"The term Pagan comes from the Latin paganus which refers to those who lived in the country. When Christianity began to grow in the Roman Empire, it did so at first primarily in the cities. The people who lived in the country and who continued to believe in “the old ways” came to be known as pagans."

Kemetic, from Kemet (KMT) - what the Ancient Egyptians called their country, meaning 'black land' owing to the dark fertile soil of the Nile Valley. This is contrasted to the 'red land' of the desert.

Pastafarian. A portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarian.

Subduction Zone said:

Pastafarian. A portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarian.

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Ramen

Subduction Zone said:

Pastafarian. A portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarian.

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Thank you for making me look up "portmanteau." Thanks to this post, I've added a word to my vocabulary that I will forget by tomorrow morning. I'll have to find other places to use it tonight.

The Hammer said:

Ramen

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Pastafarian posers leave out the apostrophe (R'amen). His Noodly Goodness told me so.

Buddha means awakened, enlightened which is derived from Pali budh, which means, to awake, to know, to perceive. Digging deeper, one can find the Paleo-Indo-European root of *bheudh- which means to be aware, to make aware.

Zen is derived from Chinese Cha'an, which is from Sanskrit dhyana "thought, meditation," and digging deeper you will find the Paleo-Indo-European root *dheie- "to see, look."

Luciferian is from Latin Lucifer, the planet Venus as the Morning Star, which means "light bringing." (Which is also represented in Buddhism as light of understanding: Buddha became awakened during the third watch of the night when he saw the Morning Star rise while he was meditating under the Bodhi Tree.)

Hindu is the Old Persian pronunciation of Sindhu. There’s a regular sound shift between Sanskrit ‘s’ and Old Persian ‘h’. It is not a “corruption” as some people claim. It’s the way the two languages work... Sindhu/Hindu, sapta/hapta, Saraswati/Hairovati, asura/ahura. But... but... but why isn’t it Perhia/Perhian one may ask? Because “Persia(n)” is a Greek word. As is Indus. The Indus defined the frontier into the Indian subcontinent. So in simple terms, “Hindu” referred to the people across the Sindhu (Indus) River, by the Old Persian speakers, who happened to practice the religion we’ve come to know as Hinduism. Just plain old linguistics... no politics, no gorilla in the woodshed, no shadow person in the basement.

SalixIncendium said:

Explain the etymology that resulted in the name of your religion.

I know Hindu has to do with the Sanskrit word "sindhu," which translates to "river," and the Indus River that lies north of India, but I'm unclear on the details (perhaps my fellow Hindus can set me straight).

Where does your religion's name come from?

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Bompu just means "common". Appropriate I think.

There's no special rules or scriptures to follow nor are required.

I just take in the guidelines and see what comes out of the woodwork.

SalixIncendium said:

I know Hindu has to do with the Sanskrit word "sindhu," which translates to "river," and the Indus River that lies north of India, but I'm unclear on the details (perhaps my fellow Hindus can set me straight).

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True, Avesta knew the region as Hapta-Hendu and termed it as the penultimate (fifteenth) homeland of Aryans.

"Hindush (or Hindūš) was a province of the Achaemenid Empire following the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley circa 500 BCE. According to Herodotus, it was the "easternmost province" of the empire. It is believed to have continued as a province until the invasion of the empire by Alexander the Great circa 326 BCE.

Hindush was written in Achaemenid inscriptions as Hidūsh (Old Persian cuneiform: , H-i-du-u-š). It is also transliterated as Hindūš since the nasal "n" before consonants was omitted in the Old Persian script, and simplified as Hindush).

It is widely accepted that the name Hindush derives from Sindhu, the Sanskrit name of the Indus river as well as the region at the lower Indus basin (modern Sindh). The Proto-Iranian sound change *s > h occurred between 850–600 BCE, according to Asko Parpola. The -sh suffix is common among the names of many Achaemenid provinces, such as Harauvatish (the land of Harauvati or Haraxvaiti, i.e., Arachosia) or Bakhtrish (Bactria). Accordingly, Hindush would mean the land of Sindhu."
Hindush - Wikipedia

Indo-Iranian Aryans entered Iran perhaps around 1,000 BCE, later than they entered in India. Of course the 'Mada' (Medians, with views similar to Aryans, perhaps a branch of Indo-Iranian Aryans, whom the Achaemenids replaced) were there in Iran before Indo-Iranian Aryans.

Aupmanyav said:

The Proto-Iranian sound change *s > h occurred between 850–600 BCE

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I wonder when the change from Vedic Sanskrit word-final *s changed to Classical Sanskrit visarga. And then there is the sandhi between visarga and initial consonants... namaḥ + te = namaste; kṛṣṇaḥ + tu = kṛṣṇastu (bhagavan svayam).

SalixIncendium said:

Pastafarian posers leave out the apostrophe (R'amen). His Noodly Goodness told me so.

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Hey I was trying to be friendly. Excuuuuuuuuse me

The Hammer said:

Hey I was trying to be friendly. Excuuuuuuuuse me

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You're new here. Let me explain how this works...

SalixIncendium said:

You're new here. Let me explain how this works...

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So new. Completely green.

Jainarayan said:

I wonder when the change from Vedic Sanskrit word-final *s changed to Classical Sanskrit visarga. And then there is the sandhi between visarga and initial consonants... namaḥ + te = namaste; kṛṣṇaḥ + tu = kṛṣṇastu (bhagavan svayam).

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IMHO, you are correct. it is related to the advent of Indo-Iranian Aryans into Iran from Parthia (North-Eastern Iran), Aria (Herat) and Arachosia (Kandhar) and Gedrosia (Baluchistan); East and North-East of Iran. They were all around there.

Heathenry (properly Modern Heathenry) is taken from the Old Norse heiðinn, meaning "dweller on the heath, one inhabiting uncultivated land." The Old English form of this word, hæðen, became the word "heathen" as used pejoratively in the Middle Ages, particularly in reference to the Norse and Danes, and then later to refer to any "uncivilized" person or non-Christian. In the Modern Era, circa 1969, "Heathen" and "Heathenry" refers to Modern Pagans that follow Germanic cultural foundations; German, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse.

SalixIncendium said:

Explain the etymology that resulted in the name of your religion.

I know Hindu has to do with the Sanskrit word "sindhu," which translates to "river," and the Indus River that lies north of India, but I'm unclear on the details (perhaps my fellow Hindus can set me straight).

Where does your religion's name come from?

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An abstract word, Sufism derives from the Arabic term for a mystic, ṣūfī, which is in turn derived from ṣūf, “wool,” plausibly a reference to the woolen garment of early Islamic ascetics.

Isaiah 43:10......

You are my witnesses, says LORD JEHOVAH, and my Servants whom I have chosen, and you shall know, and you shall believe in me, and you shall understand that I am he, and before me there has not been a God created, and none shall be after me

Aramaic Bible in Plain English


(Actually, “servants” here, in the first line, is singular in Hebrew; it should read, “my servant whom I have chosen”. Just sayin.)

The Kilted Heathen said:

In the Modern Era, circa 1969, "Heathen" and "Heathenry" refers to Modern Pagans that follow Germanic cultural foundations; German, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse.

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You know. Come to think of it. Despite following Germanic deities. I have never actually called myself a Heathen. Maybe I should.