Meaning

1 senses

  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.

    хиндуста́нецxindustánec, хиндуста́нкаxindustánka

    гіндуста́нецьhindustánecʹ, гіндуста́нкаhindustánka

More definitions
  • a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi
  • a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India

Examples

3 sentences

  1. He has taught a group of Hindustani boys.

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

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  3. Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person from India or the Indian subcontinent:
Русский
By meaning 1
person from India or the Indian subcontinent:

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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Forms

plural: Hindustanis
SingularHindustani
PluralHindustanis

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hinderC2hindranceC2hindsightC2hingehintB2
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