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Hin⋅doo⋅sta⋅ni

[hin-doo-stah-nee, -stan-ee]
–noun, adjective
Hindustani.
Also, Hin⋅do⋅sta⋅ni [hin-doh-stah-nee, -stan-ee] .

Hin⋅du⋅sta⋅ni

[hin-doo-stah-nee, -stan-ee]
–noun
1. a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind Compare Hindi (def. 2), Urdu.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Hindustan, its people, or their languages.
Also, Hindoostani, Hindostani.


Origin:
1610–20; < Hindi, Urdu < Pers, equiv. to Hindūstān region of the Indus, Sind (Hindū Hindu + stān country) + suffix of appurtenance
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hindoostani

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a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi [syn: Hindustani
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