هندوستان

See also: ہندوستان

Persian

Etymology

From هندو (hindū / hendu, “Indian”) +‎ ـستان (-stān / -stân, “land”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hin.duːs.ˈtaːn/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.d̪us.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hen̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hin̪.d̪us.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	hindūstān
Dari reading?	hindūstān
Iranian reading?	hendustân
Tajik reading?	hinduston

Proper noun

هندوستان • (hindūstān / hendustân) (Tajik spelling Ҳиндустон)

1. (dated) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) the Indian subcontinent, India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

   Synonym: شبه‌قارهٔ هند (šibh-i-qārra-yi hind / šebh-e-ġârre-ye hend)

2. (colloquial) India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonym: هند (hind / hend)

Derived terms

• هندوستانی (hindūstānī / hendustâni)

Related terms

• هندی (hindī / hendi)

Descendants

• → Assamese: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
• → Middle Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
  • Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
• → Gujarati: હિંદુસ્તાન (hindustān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), हिन्दुस्तान (hindustān), हिंदोस्तान (hindostān), हिन्दोस्तान (hindostān)

  Urdu: ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān)

• → Kashmiri:

  Arabic script: ہِندوستان (hindōstān), ہِندُستان (hindustān)

  Devanagari script: हिन्दोस्तान (hindōstān), हिन्दुस्तान (hindustān)

• → Maithili:

  Devanagari script: हिन्दुस्तान (hindustān)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒯𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒢 (hindustāna)

• → Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
• → Odia: ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ଥାନ (hindusthāna)
• → Old Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੁ (hindusatānu)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān), ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ (hindostān)

    Shahmukhi script: ہِندُوستان (hindūstān)

• → Sanskrit: हिन्दुस्थान (hindusthāna) (calque)
  • → English: Hindusthan (Hindutva)
• → Sindhi:

  Devanagari script: हिंदुस्तानु (hindustānu)

  Arabic script: هِندُسْتانُ (hindustānu)