হিন্দুস্তান

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Assamese

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Proper noun

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হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)

  1. India
    Synonym: ভাৰত (bharot)

Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Bengali হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), from Classical Persian هندوستان (hindūstān).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /hind̪ust̪an/, [hind̪ust̪an]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /hind̪ust̪an/, [hind̪ust̪an]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /hind̪ust̪an/, [hind̪ust̪an], [hind̪ust̪an], /xind̪ust̪an/, [xind̪ust̪an], [xind̪ust̪an]

Proper noun

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হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)

  1. Synonym of ভারত (bharot)
  2. (colloquial) North India
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Middle Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian هندوستان (hindūstān). Compare Old Punjabi ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੁ (hindusatānu).

Noun

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হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)

  1. Hindustan (northern region of India)
    Synonym: ইন্দিয়া (indiẏa)

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 929.