Hindustani
Hindustani adjective: related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
Adjective
Hindustani (comparative more Hindustani, superlative most Hindustani)
Noun
Hindustani (plural Hindustanis)
- A person from India, varying historically from the entire subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
Proper noun
Hindustani
- The pluricentric language of Hindi-Urdu, of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards; the language from which Hindi and Urdu are derived.
- Swerg, in the Hinduſtànì language, means Heaven.1792, Sir William Jones, Dissertations and Miscellaneous Pieces Relating to the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia, page 150
- Kim watched the stars as they rose one after another in the still, sticky dark, till he fell asleep at the foot of the altar. That night he dreamed in Hindustani, with never an English word…1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter XI, in Kim, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC
- The Delhi dialect of that language.
- The language which is now known as Urdu.
- Hindustani, or Urdu (i.e., camp language), is a dialect of Hindi, differing from it in its large admixture of Persian words, and in that it is usually printed in Persian or Arabic characters, while Hindi is commonly printed in Sanskrit letters.1895, Harlan Page Beach, The Cross in the Land of the Trident, page 59
- The language which is now known as Hindi.
- Of the several languages derived from the Sanskrit, none exercises so general and wide-spread an influence over India as the Hindi, or Sir George's Common Hindustani.1873, Haris Chandra's magazine, page 119, column 1
- But Mr. Lyall, in an article that is all too short, shows that Hindustani, or Hindi (for there is no essential difference between the two) possesses a continuous body of literature which represents intellectual life in Northern India during the past six centuries.1880, The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News, page 977, column 2
Hindustani meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Kannada
Hindustani in Hindi
- related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent
- हिन्दुस्तानी hindustānī
- person from India or the Indian subcontinent
- हिन्दुस्तानी hindustānī
- language
- हिन्दुस्तानी hindustānī, हिन्दवी hindavī, हिंदवी hindvī, हिंदुई hinduī, हिन्दुई hinduī
Hindustani in Marathi
- related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent
- हिन्दुस्तानी hindustānī
- person from India or the Indian subcontinent
- हिन्दुस्तानी hindustānī
- language
- हिन्दुस्तानी hindustānī
Hindustani in Urdu
- related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent
- ہِنْدُوسْتانی hindūstānī
- person from India or the Indian subcontinent
- ہِنْدُوسْتانی hindūstānī
- language
- ہِنْدُوسْتانی زَبان hindūstānī zabān, ہِنْدُوسْتانی hindūstānī
Hindustani in Kannada
- ಒಂದು ಭಾಷೆಯ ಹೆಸರು, ಉರ್ದು, ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ಥಾನದವನು
More languagesFewer languages
- Hindustani in Arabic
- هِنْدُوسْتَانِيّ hindūstāniyy
- Kashmiri
- ہِندوستٲنؠ hindōstạ̄n', हिन्दोस्तऻन्य hindōstạ̄ny
Synonyms of Hindustani
Forms of Hindustani
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more Hindustani |
| superlative | most Hindustani |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindoostane |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindostanee |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindoostanee |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindoostani |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindustanee |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindustane |
| alternative form (obsolete) | Hindōstāni |
| Noun | |
| plural | Hindustanis |
Origin of Hindustani
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.
Phrases with Hindustani
Questions about Hindustani
- What does Hindustani mean?
- Hindustani means related to India, varying historically from the entire Indian subcontinent to India north of the Deccan, especially the plains of the Ganges and Jumna.
- What is Hindustani in Hindi?
- Hindustani in Hindi is हिन्दुस्तानी (hindustānī), हिन्दवी (hindavī), हिंदवी (hindvī). See Hindustani meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Hindustani?
- Hindustani can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near Hindustani in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindustani (page history and authors); Hindustani (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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