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Hindustan
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hindustan
English
Alternative forms
en Hindostan Hendostan Hindoostan Hendoostan Indostan archaic
en Hindusthan Hindutva
Etymology
en inc-hnd ur ہِنْدُوسْتان / hi हिंदुस्तान, itself from en fa-cls هِنْدُوسْتَان Indian subcontinent. en Hindu -stan.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Hindustan.wav US
Proper noun
en colloquial India Republic of India.
en Bharat
en dated The entire region of the Indian subcontinent.
XIII 341 He did not wish to steal anything. He only desired to know what to steal, and, incidentally, how to get away when he had stolen it. He thanked all the Gods of Hindustan, and Herbert Spencer, that there remained some valuables to steal.
1909 206 “The Government of Her Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, in which, if the Congress promoters are to be believed the people have an implicit trust; for the Congress circular, specially prepared for rustic comprehension, says the movement is ‘for the remission of tax, the advancement of Hindustan, and the strengthening of the British Government.’
en 1913 w:Sax Rohmer The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu 15 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/173/pg173-images.html There, floor piled upon floor above the chattering throngs, were these less gregarious units, each something of a mystery to his fellow-guests, each in his separate cell; and each as remote from real human companionship as if that cell were fashioned, not in the bricks of London, but in the rocks of Hindustan!
en obsolete The northern (properly north central) region of India.
en obsolete The Hindustani language.
Related terms
en Hindustani
Translations
alternative name for India India
Arabic: ar هِنْدُسْتَان f
Armenian: hy Հինդուստան
Assamese: as হিন্দুস্তান
Azerbaijani: az Hindustan
Belarusian: be Індаста́н m
Bengali: bn হিন্দুস্তান
Bulgarian: bg Индоста́н m
Catalan: ca Hindustan m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 印度斯坦
Dhivehi: dv ހިންދުސްތާނު
Dutch: nl Hindoestan n
Finnish: fi Hindustan
French: fr Hindustan m
Georgian: ka ინდოსტანი
German: de Hindustan n
Greek: el Ινδουστάν m
Gujarati: gu હિંદુસ્તાન
Hindi: hi हिन्दुस्तान m, hi हिंदुस्तान m
Japanese: ja ヒンドスタン Hindosutan, ja ヒンドゥスターン Hindusutān
Kannada: kn ಹಿನ್ದುಸ್ಥನ
Kashmiri: ks ہِندوستان
Kazakh: kk Үндстан
Korean: ko ^힌두스탄
Kyrgyz: ky Индустан
Lak: lbe Гьиндусттан
Malayalam: ml ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ
Marathi: mr हिंदुस्थान
Odia: or ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ
Pashto: ps هندوستان m hendustān
Persian: fa هِنْدوسْتان hendustân
Polish: pl Hindustan m
Punjabi: pa ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ
Western Punjabi: pnb ھندستان
Russian: ru Индоста́н m, ru Хиндуста́н m
Sindhi: sd هندستان hindustānu
Spanish: es Indostán m
Swedish: sv Hindustan
Tajik: tg Ҳиндустон
Tamil: ta ஹிந்துஸ்தான்
Telugu: te హిందూస్తాన్
Turkish: tr Hindustan
Ukrainian: uk Індоста́н m
Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوسْتان m
Uzbek: uz Hindiston
northern region of India
Arabic: ar هِنْدُسْتَان f
Armenian: hy Հինդուստան
Assamese: as হিন্দুস্তান
Azerbaijani: az Hindustan
Belarusian: be Індаста́н m
Bengali: bn হিন্দুস্তান
Bulgarian: bg Индоста́н m
Catalan: ca Hindustan m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 印度斯坦, cmn 痕都斯坦 Héndūsītǎn historically
Czech: cs Hindustán m
Dutch: nl Hindoestan n
Finnish: fi Hindustan
French: fr Hindustan m
Georgian: ka ინდუსტანი
German: de Hindustan n
Greek: el Ινδουστάν m
Gujarati: gu હિંદુસ્તાન
Hindi: hi हिन्दुस्तान m, hi हिंदुस्तान m
Japanese: ja ヒンドスタン Hindosutan, ja ヒンドゥスターン Hindusutān
Kannada: kn ಹಿನ್ದುಸ್ಥನ
Kazakh: kk Үндстан
Korean: ko ^힌두스탄
Kyrgyz: ky Индустан
Lak: lbe Гьиндусттан
Malayalam: ml ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ
Manchu: mnc ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠ᠋ᠰᡨᠠᠨ
Marathi: mr हिंदुस्थान
Odia: or ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ
Pashto: ps هندوستان m hendustān
Persian: fa هِنْدوسْتان hendustân
Polish: pl Hindustan m
Punjabi: pa ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ
Russian: ru Индоста́н m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Хи̏ндуста̄н m
Latin: sh Hȉndustān m
Spanish: es Indostán m
Swedish: sv Hindustan
Tajik: tg Ҳиндустон
Tamil: ta ஹிந்துஸ்தான்
Telugu: te హిందూస్తాన్
Turkish: tr Hindustan
Ukrainian: uk Індоста́н m
Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوسْتان m
Uzbek: uz Hindiston
See also
en Bharat
en Hinduland
en terms suffixed with -stan
en India
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor fa:هندوستان<tr:hendustân> + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Hindustan.wav
Proper noun
m-in
pl country cont/Asia Hindustan, an alternative name for India
pl Indie
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl adjective hindustański
Related terms
pl adjectives hinduistyczny hinduski indyjski
pl nouns hindi hinduista hinduistka hinduistyka hinduizm Hindus hindus Hinduska hinduska hindustani Indie
Further reading
pl India
pl exonyms