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Hindostani

Hindostani is the archaic 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 Hindostani

pluralHindostanis

Questions about Hindostani

What is Hindostani the archaic form of?
Hindostani is the archaic form of Hindustani.

Words near Hindostani in the dictionary

  1. Hindoostani
  2. Hindoostanis
  3. Hindostan
  4. Hindostanee
  5. Hindostanees
  6. Hindostani
  7. Hindostanis
  8. hindouism
  9. hindouist
  10. hindouists
  11. hindpart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindostani (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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