Hindustani

See also: hindustani

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī) / Urdu ہندوستانی‎ (hindustānī), from Persian هندو‎ (hendu, “Hindu, Indian”) + ستان‎ (stân, “land”) + adjective suffix ی‎ (i). Equivalent to Hindustan +‎ -i.

Adjective

Hindustani (comparative more Hindustani, superlative most Hindustani)

1. (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.

Translations

related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent

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

  Cyrillic: хиндустански m

  Roman: hindustanski (sh) m

• Urdu: ہندوستانی‎ f

Noun

Hindustani (plural Hindustanis)

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.

Translations

person from India or the Indian subcontinent

• Finnish: hindustanilainen
• Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी (hi) (hindustānī)
• Irish: Hiondústánach m
• Kashmiri: ہِندوستٲنؠ‎ (hindōstạ̄n')
• 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 f

  Roman: Hindustanac (sh) m, Hindustanka f

• Swedish: hindustani
• Ukrainian: гіндуста́нець m (hindustánecʹ), гіндуста́нка f (hindustánka)
• Urdu: ہندوستانی‎ (hindustānī)

Proper noun

Hindustani

1. The language of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards.
2. The Delhi dialect of that language.

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 (Yìndùsītǎn-yǔ)

• Danish: hindustani n
• Dutch: Hindoestani
• Finnish: hindustani
• French: hindoustani (fr) m
• German: Hindustani (de) n
• 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
• Japanese: ヒンドゥスターニー語 (Hindusutānī-go)
• Kashmiri: ہِندوستٲنؠ‎ (hindōstạ̄n')
• Korean: 힌두스탄어 (Hinduseutan-eo)
• Marathi: हिन्दुस्तानी f (hindustānī)
• Persian: هندوستانی‎ (fa) (hendustâni)
• Polish: hindustani n
• Portuguese: hindustani (pt) m, indostani m
• Russian: хиндуста́ни (ru) m (xindustáni), хиндуста́нский m (xindustánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндустански m

  Roman: hindustanski (sh) m

• Ukrainian: гіндуста́ні (uk) f (hindustáni)
• 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 ⁠