Hindustani

See also: hindustani

English

Alternative forms

• Hindoostane, Hindoostanee, Hindoostani, Hindustanee, Hindōstāni (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī) / Urdu ہندوستانی (hindustānī), from Persian هندو‎ (hendu, “Hindu, Indian”) + ستان (stān, “land”) + adjective suffix ی (ī).

Adjective

Hindustani (comparative more Hindustani, superlative most Hindustani)

1. (dated outside of South Asia) Related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent.

Translations

related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent

• Arabic: هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ (hindūstāniyy)
• Finnish: hindustanilainen
• Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hi) f (hindustānī)
• Hungarian: hindusztáni (hu)
• Marathi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hindustānī)
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• Portuguese: hindustani (pt), indostani
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндустански m

  Roman: hindustanski (sh) m

• Urdu: ہندوستانی f

Noun

Hindustani (plural Hindustanis)

1. (dated outside of South Asia) A person from India (historically the entire Indian subcontinent).

Translations

person from India or the Indian subcontinent

• Finnish: hindustanilainen
• Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hi) (hindustānī)
• Irish: Hiondústánach m
• Marathi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hindustānī)
• Portuguese: hindustani (pt) m or f, indostani m or f
• Russian: хиндуста́нец m (xindustánec), хиндуста́нка f (xindustánka)
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• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хиндустанац m, Хиндустанка m

  Roman: Hindustanac (sh) m, Hindustanka m

• Swedish: hindustani
• Urdu: ہندوستانی (hindustānī)

Proper noun

Hindustani

1. The language which constitutes the Hindi and Urdu registers.

Synonyms

• Hindi-Urdu

Translations

language

• Arabic: هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ m (hindūstāniyy)
• Armenian: հինդուստանի (hy) (hindustani)
• Bulgarian: хиндуста́ни m (hindustáni), хиндуста́нски m (hindustánski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印度斯坦語／印度斯坦语 (yìndùsītǎnyǔ), 印度斯坦语 (Yìndùsītǎn-yǔ)

• Danish: hindustani n
• Dutch: Hindoestani
• Finnish: hindustani
• Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hi) f (hindustānī), हिन्दवी (hi) f (hindavī), हिंदवी (hi) f (hindvī), हिंदुई (hi) f (hinduī), हिन्दुई (hi) f (hinduī)
• Hungarian: hindusztáni (hu)
• Irish: Hiondústáinis f
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• Japanese: ヒンドゥスターニー語 (Hindusutānī-go)
• Korean: 힌두스탄어 (Hinduseutan-eo)
• Marathi: हिन्दुस्तानी f (hindustānī)
• Persian: هندوستانی (fa) (hendustâni)
• Portuguese: hindustani (pt) m, indostani m
• Russian: хиндуста́ни (ru) m (xindustáni), хиндуста́нский m (xindustánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндустански m

  Roman: hindustanski (sh) m

• Urdu: ہندوستانی f (hindustānī)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Hindi, hin ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Urdu, urd ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Fijian Hindustani, hif ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Caribbean Hindustani, hns ⁠