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English

Alternative spellings

Etymology

From Hindustani हिन्दुस्तानी / ہندوستانی (hindustānī) < Persian هند (hend = Hindu) + Persian ستان (stān = land) + adjective suffix ی (ī) resulting in (hendustānī = land of the Hindus) < hend is derived from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), Sanskrit name for the Indus River.

Adjective

Hindustani (comparative more Hindustani, superlative most Hindustani)

Positive Hindustani

Comparative more Hindustani

Superlative most Hindustani
  1. (dated) Related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent.

Proper noun

Singular Hindustani

Plural Hindustanis

Hindustani (plural Hindustanis)

  1. (dated) A person from India (historically the entire Indian subcontinent).
  2. An informal (colloquial) language made by blending of Hindi and Urdu languages.

Translations

person
  • Bosnian: Hindustanac m., Hindustanka f.
  • Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी hi(hi) (hindustānī)
  • Russian: хиндустанец ru(ru) (xindustánec) m., хиндустанка ru(ru) (xindustánka) f.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: Хиндустанац m., Хиндустанка f.
    Roman: Hindustanac m., Hindustanka f.
language
  • Bosnian: hindustanski m.
  • Bulgarian: хиндустани bg(bg) (hindustáni) m., хиндустански bg(bg) (hindustánski) m.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 印度斯坦語 zh(zh), 印度斯坦语 zh(zh) (Yìndùsītǎn-yǔ)
  • Dutch: Hindoestani
  • Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी hi(hi) (hindustānī)
  • Hungarian: hindusztáni hu(hu)
  • Japanese: ヒンドゥスターニー語 ja(ja) (Hindusutānī-go)
  • Korean: 힌두스탄어 ko(ko) (Hinduseutan-eo)
  • Russian: хиндустани ru(ru) (xindustáni) m. (indeclinable), хиндустанский ru(ru) (xindustánskij) m.
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: хиндустански m.
    Roman: hindustanski m.
  • Urdu: ہندوستانی ur(ur) (hindustānī)

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