Hindustan
Hindustan proper noun: india (Republic of India).
Proper noun
Hindustan
- India (Republic of India).
- Synonyms:
- Bharat
- The entire region of the Indian subcontinent.
- He did not wish to steal anything. He only desired to know what to steal, and, incidentally, how to get away when he had stolen it. He thanked all the Gods of Hindustan, and Herbert Spencer, that there remained some valuables to steal.1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter XIII, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC, page 341
- “The Government of Her Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, […] says the movement is ‘for the remission of tax, the advancement of Hindustan, and the strengthening of the British Government.’1909, Rudyard Kipling, “The Enlightenments of Pagett, M.P.”, in Under the Deodars (The Works of Rudyard Kipling), Edinburgh de Luxe edition, Boston, Mass.; London: The Edinburgh Society, →OCLC, page...
- The northern (properly north central) region of India.
Hindustan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Hindustan in Hindi
- northern region of India
- हिन्दुस्तान hindustān, हिंदुस्तान hindustān
- alternative name for India — see also India
- हिन्दुस्तान hindustān, हिंदुस्तान hindustān
Hindustan in Tamil
- northern region of India
- ஹிந்துஸ்தான் hintustāṉ
- alternative name for India — see also India
- ஹிந்துஸ்தான் hintustāṉ
Hindustan in Marathi
- northern region of India
- हिंदुस्थान hindusthān
- alternative name for India — see also India
- हिंदुस्थान hindusthān
Hindustan in Urdu
- northern region of India
- ہِنْدُوسْتان hindūstān
- alternative name for India — see also India
- ہِنْدُوسْتان hindūstān
More languagesFewer languages
- Hindustan in Bengali
- হিন্দুস্তান hindustan
- Hindustan in Telugu
- హిందూస్తాన్ hindūstān
- Hindustan in Malayalam
- ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ hindusthāṉ
- Hindustan in Kannada
- ಹಿನ್ದುಸ್ಥನ hindusthana
- Hindustan in Punjabi
- ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ hindustān
- Hindustan in Gujarati
- હિંદુસ્તાન hindustān
- Hindustan in Odia
- ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ hindustāna
- Hindustan in Assamese
- হিন্দুস্তান hindustan
- Hindustan in Pashto
- هندوستان hendustān
- Hindustan in Arabic
- هِنْدُسْتَان hindustān
- Hindustan in Persian
- هِنْدوسْتان hendustân
- Sindhi
- هندستان hindustānu
- Dhivehi
- ހިންދުސްތާނު hin̊dustānu
- Kashmiri
- ہِندوستان hindōstān
Synonyms of Hindustan
Forms of Hindustan
| alternative form | Hindusthan |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | Hindostan |
| alternative form (archaic) | Hendostan |
| alternative form (archaic) | Hindoostan |
| alternative form (archaic) | Hendoostan |
| alternative form (archaic) | Indostan |
Origin of Hindustan
Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.
Questions about Hindustan
- What does Hindustan mean?
- Hindustan means india (Republic of India).
- What is Hindustan in Hindi?
- Hindustan in Hindi is हिन्दुस्तान (hindustān), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān). See Hindustan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Hindustan?
- Hindustan is a proper noun.
Words near Hindustan in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindustan (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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