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Hindoostanee

Hindoostanee is the dated form of Hindustani.

Meaning of Hindustani

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.

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Forms of Hindoostanee

pluralHindoostanees

Questions about Hindoostanee

What is Hindoostanee the dated form of?
Hindoostanee is the dated form of Hindustani.

Words near Hindoostanee in the dictionary

  1. Hindoo-Kush
  2. Hindooism
  3. Hindoos
  4. Hindoostan
  5. Hindoostane
  6. Hindoostanee
  7. Hindoostanees
  8. Hindoostanes
  9. Hindoostani
  10. Hindoostanis
  11. Hindostan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindoostanee (page history and authors); Hindustani (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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