Hindustani

See also: hindustani

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Adjective

Hindustani (comparative more Hindustani, superlative most Hindustani)

(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 (hindustāniyy)
Finnish: hindustanilainen
Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hi) f (hindustānī)
Hungarian: hindusztáni (hu)
Marathi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hindustānī)

Portuguese: hindustani (pt), indostani
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хиндустански m

Roman: hindustanski (sh) m
Urdu: ہندوستانی‎ f

Noun

Hindustani (plural Hindustanis)

(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)

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Хиндустанац m, Хиндустанка m

Roman: Hindustanac (sh) m, Hindustanka m
Swedish: hindustani
Urdu: ہندوستانی‎ (hindustānī)

Proper noun

Hindustani

The language which constitutes the Hindi and Urdu registers.

Synonyms

Hindi-Urdu

Translations

language

Arabic: هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ‎ m (hindustāniyy)
Armenian: հինդուստանի (hy) (hindustani)
Bulgarian: хиндустани m (hindustáni), хиндустански m (hindustánski)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 印度斯坦語, 印度斯坦语 (Yìndùsītǎn-yǔ)
Danish: hindustani n
Dutch: Hindoestani
Finnish: hindustani
Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hi) f (hindustānī)
Hungarian: hindusztáni (hu)
Irish: Hiondústáinis f

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

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