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# hindu

«hindu» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who follows Hinduism, a major religion that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a Hindu, Hindus); adjective (Hindu)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A Hindu is a person who follows Hinduism, a major religion that began in India. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#m1)

2) Hindu describes things to do with Hinduism, such as Hindu gods, temples and festivals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education lessons: Hindu festivals like Diwali and Holi, Hindu temples (mandirs), gods such as Vishnu, Shiva and Ganesh. Phrases: Hindu temple, Hindu festival, Hindu family.

### examples

- Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x1)
- Many Hindus visit the temple to pray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x2)
- Our class visited a Hindu temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x3)
- Priya is Hindu and celebrates Holi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x4)
- The Hindu god Ganesh has an elephant's head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x5)
- Many Hindus do not eat beef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x6)
- No Hindu would doubt the fact of animals speaking or of men transformed into plants and animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/#x7)

### note

Always written with a capital H: Hindu, Hinduism. Plural: Hindus. Do not confuse with Hindi (a language of India): a Hindu is about religion, Hindi is about language. Not every Indian is Hindu.

### In the corpora

- [Diwali is the festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains with lamps, sweets and fireworks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/10/)
- [Many Hindus believe the many gods are forms of one supreme reality, Brahman.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/6/)
- [Hindus believe in karma: good and bad actions bring their own results.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/7/)
- [Hindus believe the soul is reborn many times (reincarnation) until it reaches freedom, called moksha.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/8/)
- [A Hindu temple is called a mandir, and worship there with flowers, light and food is called puja.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/32-hinduism-and-sikhism/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hindu» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindu/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.