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Hindustani en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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(qualifier:dated outside of South Asia) Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
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(dated) Any thing related to Mughal Empire.
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of or pertaining to Hindustani music.
Forms
Translations (16)
ca hindustànic (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · es indostánico (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · ro hindustan (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · hi हिन्दुस्तानी (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · fi hindustanilainen (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · pt indostani (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · sh хиндустански (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · es indostanés (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · pt hindustani (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · sh hindustanski (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · hu hindusztáni (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · ar هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · mr हिन्दुस्तानी (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · ks ہِندوستٲنؠ (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent) · fr hindoustani (related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent)
Hindustani en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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.
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A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
Forms
Translations (21)
fr hindoustani (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · sh Хиндустанка (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · ks ہِندوستٲنؠ (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · es indostanés (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · sh Хиндустанац (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · fi hindustanilainen (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · ru хиндуста́нка (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · hi हिन्दुस्तानी (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · ru хиндуста́нец (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · sh Hindustanac (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · uk гіндуста́нець (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · es indostánico (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · pt indostani (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · pt hindustani (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · ca hindustànic (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · sh Hindustanka (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · mr हिन्दुस्तानी (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · sv hindustani (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · ga Hiondústánach (person from India or the Indian subcontinent) · uk гіндуста́нка (person from India or the Indian subcontinent)
Hindustani en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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.
Meanings
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The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.
Swerg, in the Hinduſtànì language, means Heaven.
1792, Sir William Jones, Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia, page 150:Kim watched the stars as they rose one after another in the still, sticky dark, till he fell asleep at the foot of the altar. That night he dreamed in Hindustani, with never an English word…
1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter XI, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:
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The Delhi dialect of that language.
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(historical) The language which is now known as Urdu.
Hindustani, or Urdu (i.e., camp language), is a dialect of Hindi, differing from it in its large admixture of Persian words, and in that it is usually printed in Persian or Arabic characters, while Hindi is commonly printed in Sanskrit letters.
1895, Harlan Page Beach, The Cross in the Land of the Trident, page 59:
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(historical) The language which is now known as Hindi.
But Mr. Lyall, in an article that is all too short, shows that Hindustani, or Hindi (for there is no essential difference between the two) possesses a continuous body of literature which represents intellectual life in Northern India during the past six centuries.
1880, The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News, page 977, column 2:Of the several languages derived from the Sanskrit, none exercises so general and wide-spread an influence over India as the Hindi, or Sir George's Common Hindustani.
1873, Haris Chandra's magazine, page 119, column 1:
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Synonyms
Hindi-Urdu
Translations (41)
de Hindustani (language) · ar هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ (language) · ru хиндуста́нский (language) · hi हिंदवी (language) · fa-cls هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (language) · hi हिन्दुस्तानी (language) · da hindustani (language) · fi hindustani (language) · pt hindustani (language) · fr hindoustani (language) · tg ҳиндустонӣ (language) · ks ہِندوستٲنؠ (language) · fa-ira زَبانِ هِنْدوسْتانی (language) · ru хиндуста́ни (language) · hi हिन्दवी (language) · bg хиндуста́нски (language) · sh hindustanski (language) · cs hindustánsky (language) · pl hindustani (language) · ko 힌두스탄어 (language) · hi हिन्दुई (language) · nl Hindoestani (language) · sh хиндустански (language) · ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی (language) · ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی زَبان (language) · ja ヒンドゥスターニー語 (language) · fa-ira هِنْدوسْتانی (language) · fa-cls زُبَانِ هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (language) · tg забони ҳиндустонӣ (language) · ga Hiondústáinis (language) · fa-cls زَبَانِ هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (language) · cmn 印度斯坦語 /印度斯坦语 (language) · bg хиндуста́ни (language) · ks हिन्दोस्तऻन्य (language) · hu hindusztáni (language) · pt indostani (language) · uk гіндуста́ні (language) · hi हिंदुई (language) · cs hindustánština (language) · mr हिन्दुस्तानी (language) · hy հինդուստանի (language)