An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

The American Indian. A faint, southern constellation (right ascension: 21 hours, declination: -55 degrees), supposed to represent an American native Indian. It was introduced in the 1603 star atlas of Johann Bayer and contains no stars brighter than the third magnitude. Abbreviation: Ind; genitive: Indi.

Etymology (EN): Indus “an Indian,” from L., from Gk. Indos “the Indus River, an Indian.”

Etymology (PE): Sorxpust “red skin,” the term coming from the reddish skin color of some native Americans, from sorx, → red, + pust “skin,” from Mid.Pers. pôst “skin;” Av. pastô-, in pastô.fraθanhəm “of the breadth of the skin.”
Hendi “Indian,” Mid.Pers. Hindûk, from Hind “Indian;” O.Pers. hindu- “Sind, a province of the Persian Empire on the upper Indus River,” Hinduya- “man of Sind;” Av. hindu-, həndu-; Skt. sindhu- “stream; the Indus; country around the Indus.”