Hindustani

hindustani hindustání English Alternative forms en Hindoostane Hindostanee Hindoostanee Hindoostani Hindustanee Hindustane Hindōstāni obsolete Etymology Borrowed from en inc-hnd ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی / hi हिंदुस्तानी, from en fa-cls هِنْدُوسْتَانِی, from fa-cls هِنْدُو Hindu, Indian + fa-cls ـسْتَان land + adjective suffix fa-cls ـِی. Equivalent to en Hindustan -i. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Hindustani.wav US Adjective en dated _ outside of _ South Asia Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna. en dated Any thing related to Mughal Empire. en music of or pertaining to Hindustani music. Translations related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent Arabic: ar هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ, ar هِنْدُسْتَانِيّ Bengali: bn হিন্দুস্তানি Catalan: ca hindustànic Finnish: fi hindustanilainen French: fr hindoustani German: de hindustanisch Gujarati: gu હિંદુસ્તાની Hindi: hi हिन्दुस्तानी Hungarian: hu hindusztáni Kashmiri: ks ہِندوستٲنؠ Marathi: mr हिन्दुस्तानी Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira هِنْدوسْتانی Classical Persian: fa-cls هِنْدُوسْتَانِی Portuguese: pt hindustani, pt indostani Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੀ Shahmukhi: pnb ہِندُسْتانی Romanian: ro hindustan Russian: ru индоста́нский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хиндустански Latin: sh hindustanski Spanish: es indostánico, es indostanés Tajik: tg ҳиндустонӣ Ukrainian: uk індоста́нський Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی Noun A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna. Translations person from India or the Indian subcontinent Bengali: bn হিন্দুস্তানি Catalan: ca hindustànic Finnish: fi hindustanilainen French: fr hindoustani Hindi: hi हिन्दुस्तानी Irish: ga Hiondústánach m Kashmiri: ks ہِندوستٲنؠ Marathi: mr हिन्दुस्तानी Portuguese: pt hindustani m f, pt indostani m f Russian: ru хиндуста́нец m, ru хиндуста́нка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Хиндустанац m, sh Хиндустанка f Latin: sh Hindustanac m, sh Hindustanka f Spanish: es indostánico, es indostanés Swedish: sv hindustani Ukrainian: uk гіндуста́нець m, uk гіндуста́нка f Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی Proper noun The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards;Basu Manisha The Rhetoric of Hindutva 2017 w:Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-14987-8 en Urdu, like Hindi, was a standardized register of the Hindustani language deriving from the Dehlavi dialect and emerged in the eighteenth century under the rule of the late Mughals. the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=Hindustani Hindustani Oxford English Dictionary 2024 Oxford University Press An Indo-Aryan language of northern South Asia widely used as a lingua franca, from which modern Hindi and Urdu derive. https://web.archive.org/web/20240802044214/https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=Hindustani 2 August 2024 en 1792 Sir William Jones Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia 150 Swerg, in the Hinduſtànì language, means Heaven. XI Kim watched the stars as they rose one after another in the still, sticky dark, till he fell asleep at the foot of the altar. That night he dreamed in Hindustani, with never an English word… The Delhi dialect of that language. en historical The language which is now known as Urdu. en 1895 Harlan Page Beach The Cross in the Land of the Trident 59 Hindustani, or Urdu (i.e., camp language), is a dialect of Hindi, differing from it in its large admixture of Persian words, and in that it is usually printed in Persian or Arabic characters, while Hindi is commonly printed in Sanskrit letters. en historical The language which is now known as Hindi.Chand Tara http://https://franpritchett.com/00urduhindilinks/tarachand/03misconceptions.html Some Misconceptions About Hindustani The Problem of Hindustani 1944 Indian Periodicals Ltd. The name Hindustani has been used for Khari Boli. It has also been used as a synonym for Urdu by many writers, and for Modern Hindi by some. https://web.archive.org/web/20260211045903/https://franpritchett.com/00urduhindilinks/tarachand/03misconceptions.html 11 February 2026 en 1873 Haris Chandra's magazine 119 1 Of the several languages derived from the Sanskrit, none exercises so general and wide-spread an influence over India as the Hindi, or Sir George's Common Hindustani. en 1880 The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News 977 2 But Mr. Lyall, in an article that is all too short, shows that Hindustani, or Hindi (for there is no essential difference between the two) possesses a continuous body of literature which represents intellectual life in Northern India during the past six centuries. Synonyms en Hindi-Urdu Translations language Arabic: ar هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ m Armenian: hy հինդուստանի Bulgarian: bg хиндуста́ни m, bg хиндуста́нски m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 印度斯坦語 yìndùsītǎnyǔ Czech: cs hindustánština f, cs hindustánsky Danish: da hindustani n Dutch: nl Hindoestani Finnish: fi hindustani French: fr hindoustani m German: de Hindustani n Hindi: hi हिन्दुस्तानी f, hi हिन्दवी f, hi हिंदवी f, hi हिंदुई f, hi हिन्दुई f Hungarian: hu hindusztáni Irish: ga Hiondústáinis f Japanese: ja ヒンドゥスターニー語 hindusutānīgo Kashmiri: Arabic: ks ہِندوستٲنؠ Devanagari: ks हिन्दोस्तऻन्य Korean: ko 힌두스탄어 Marathi: mr हिन्दुस्तानी f Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira زَبانِ هِنْدوسْتانی, fa-ira هِنْدوسْتانی Classical Persian: fa-cls زَبَانِ هِنْدُوسْتَانِی, fa-cls زُبَانِ هِنْدُوسْتَانِی, fa-cls هِنْدُوسْتَانِی Polish: pl hindustani n Portuguese: pt hindustani m, pt indostani m Russian: ru хиндуста́ни m, ru хиндуста́нский m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh хиндустански m Latin: sh hindustanski m Tajik: tg забони ҳиндустонӣ, tg ҳиндустонӣ Ukrainian: uk гіндуста́ні f Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی زَبان f, ur ہِنْدُوسْتانی f References Further reading hin Hindi urd Urdu hif Fijian Hindustani hns Caribbean Hindustani en Languages