English Explanatory Dictionary

Hindustani

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
  2. Any thing related to Mughal Empire.
  3. of or pertaining to Hindustani music.
noun
  1. A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
name
  1. The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.
  2. The Delhi dialect of that language.
  3. The language which is now known as Urdu.
  4. The language which is now known as Hindi.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Hindustani more Hindustani most Hindustani Hindoostane Hindostanee Hindoostanee Hindoostani Hindustanee Hindustane Hindōstāni Hindustanis

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتانی (hindūstānī) / हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī), from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (hindūstānī), from هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu, Indian”) + ـسْتَان (-stān, “land”) + adjective suffix ـِی (-ī). Equivalent to Hindustan + -i.

Synonyms

Hindi-Urdu

Translations

Arabic: هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ Armenian: հինդուստանի Bulgarian: хиндуста́ни Bulgarian: хиндуста́нски Chinese Mandarin: 印度斯坦語 /印度斯坦语 Czech: hindustánština Czech: hindustánsky Danish: hindustani Dutch: Hindoestani Finnish: hindustani French: hindoustani German: Hindustani Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी Hindi: हिन्दवी Hindi: हिंदवी Hindi: हिंदुई Hindi: हिन्दुई Hungarian: hindusztáni Irish: Hiondústáinis Japanese: ヒンドゥスターニー語 Kashmiri: ہِندوستٲنؠ Korean: 힌두스탄어 Marathi: हिन्दुस्तानी Persian: هِنْدوسْتانی Polish: hindustani Portuguese: hindustani Portuguese: indostani Russian: хиндуста́ни Russian: хиндуста́нский Serbo-Croatian: хиндустански Serbo-Croatian: hindustanski Ukrainian: гіндуста́ні Urdu: ہِنْدُوسْتانی
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