Re: What does Yahudi, Hanudi mean?
These are not new terms. They were being used since centuries.
This is a line from Allama Iqbal’s famous ‘Jawab e Shikwa’ written around a century ago.
Waza Mein Tum Ho Nisara, Tau Tamaddun Mein Hanood ,Yahood ?
My Pakistan: Jawab-e-Shikwa - Allama Iqbal
Hanood is Arabic plural of Hindi (Arabic for Hindu). Interesting to know that relationship between Indians and Arabs predates Islam and Arabs literature and some ahadees of Prophet refer to India. There was a campaign in Sindh’s schools for making Ajrak part of school uniforms and in that campaign they said that Ajrak was also worn by the Prophet at an occasion. Tamar-Hindi (Imli) literally mean date from India.
As far as origin of Yahood is concerned, Yahooda was eldest son of Hazrat Yaqoob (AS) , referred as Jackob in Bible. While Hazrat Yaqoob had a title of Israel (which is equivalent to Arabic Abdullah) and accordingly his decedents were known as Banu Israel wrongly referred as Bani Israel due to grammatical error which has been accepted over a period of time, decedents of Yahooda were called yahoodi / yahood, though Quran refers them as ‘Hadoo’ while addressing them as (Qul ya ayyu halla zeen haadu) which is equivalent to (Ya bani Israeal’a).
Interesting knowledge. Even the word Hindu came from Indus and was used by Persians. Indus valley is itself in Pakistan. I find the word Hindu interesting especially since it is what Persians used to call people living near Indus river. Original meaning kuch aur aur ab kuch aur.