Meaning

4 senses
  1. The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.

  2. The Delhi dialect of that language.

  3. (historical)The language which is now known as Urdu.

  4. (historical)The language which is now known as Hindi.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He has taught a group of Hindustani boys.

  2. Hindi and Urdu are standardized varieties of the Hindustani language.

  3. Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language.

Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتانی (hindūstānī) / हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī), from Class

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.

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