English Explanatory Dictionary

Hindustan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. India (Republic of India).
  2. The entire region of the Indian subcontinent.
  3. The northern (properly north central) region of India.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Hindustan.wav

Word forms

Hindustan Hindostan Hendostan Hindoostan Hendoostan Indostan Hindusthan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.

Synonyms

Bharat

Related words

Hindustani Bharat Hinduland

Translations

Arabic: هِنْدُسْتَان Armenian: Հինդուստան Assamese: হিন্দুস্তান Azerbaijani: Hindustan Belarusian: Індаста́н Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান Bulgarian: Индоста́н Catalan: Hindustan Chinese Mandarin: 印度斯坦 Chinese Mandarin: 痕都斯坦 Czech: Hindustán Dutch: Hindoestan Finnish: Hindustan French: Hindustan Georgian: ინდუსტანი German: Hindustan Greek: Ινδουστάν Gujarati: હિંદુસ્તાન Hindi: हिन्दुस्तान Hindi: हिंदुस्तान Japanese: ヒンドスタン Japanese: ヒンドゥスターン Kannada: ಹಿನ್ದುಸ್ಥನ Kazakh: Үндстан Korean: 힌두스탄 Kyrgyz: Индустан Lak: Гьиндусттан Malayalam: ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ Manchu: ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠ᠋ᠰᡨᠠᠨ Marathi: हिंदुस्थान Odia: ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ Pashto: هندوستان Persian: هِنْدوسْتان Polish: Hindustan Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ Russian: Индоста́н Serbo-Croatian: Хи̏ндуста̄н Serbo-Croatian: Hȉndustān Spanish: Indostán Swedish: Hindustan Tajik: Ҳиндустон Tamil: ஹிந்துஸ்தான் Telugu: హిందూస్తాన్ Turkish: Hindustan
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