Meaning

3 senses

  1. (colloquial)India (Republic of India).

    Hindustan, Hindustan

    Индоста́нIndostán, Хиндуста́нXindustán, Индоста́нIndostán

    Індоста́нIndostán, Індоста́нIndostán

  2. (dated)The entire region of the Indian subcontinent.

  3. (obsolete)The northern (properly north central) region of India.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. He who wants a peacock must accept the difficulties of Hindustan.

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  2. Indians know their country by many names: "Bharat" from Sanskrit, "Hindustan" from Persian and "India" from English.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
alternative name for India — see also India:
Русский
alternative name for India — see also India:
Deutsch
alternative name for India — see also India:

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Cl

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.

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Forms

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Bharat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hinderC2hindranceC2hindsightC2hingehintB2
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