What does "hindustani" mean?
A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
Hindustani
adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
- Grammar: hindustani is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: hindustani language, artistic, english, hindi urdu macrolanguage.
- Useful contrasts: foreign, non Hindustani, nonlinguistic.
- Usage evidence: Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
- 2 a pluricentric language unifying Urdu and Hindi wordnet
- 3 a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
- 2 Any thing related to Mughal Empire. dated
- 3 of or pertaining to Hindustani music.
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.
"Swerg, in the Hinduſtànì language, means Heaven."
- 2 The Delhi dialect of that language.
- 3 The language which is now known as Urdu. historical
"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."
- 4 The language which is now known as Hindi. historical
"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."
Synonyms
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Example
"Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "hindustani"?
Common synonyms include: hindustani language, artistic, english, hindi urdu macrolanguage, hindi-urdu, hindoo.
How do you use "hindustani" in a sentence?
Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتانی (hindūstānī) / हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī), from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَانِی (hindūstānī), from هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu, Indian”) + ـسْتَان (-stān, “land”) + adjective suffix ـِی (-ī). Equivalent to Hindustan + -i.