هندوستان

See also: ہندوستان

Persian

Etymology

هندو (hendu, “Indian”) +‎ ـستان (-stân, “land”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is sense 2 a semantic borrowing from Urdu”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hin.duːs.ˈtɑːn]

 

• (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

Dari	هندوستان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ҳиндустон

هِنْدوسْتان • (hendustân)

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 (šebh-e-qârre-ye hend)

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

   Synonym: هند (hend)

Derived terms

• هندوستانی (hendustâni)

Related terms

• هندی (hendi)

Descendants

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

  Hindi: हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)

  Urdu: ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān)

• → Maithili: hindustān

  Devanagari script: हिन्दुस्तान

  Tirhuta script: 𑒯𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒢

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

    Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ (hindostān)

    Shahmukhi script: ہِندُوستان (hindūstān)

• → Sanskrit: हिन्दुस्थान (hindusthāna) (calque)
• → Sindhi: hindustānu

  Arabic script: هِندُسْتانُ

  Devanagari script: हिंदुस्तानु