Hindustani

Meanings

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.

Noun

• 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

• The language which constitutes the Hindi and Urdu registers.
• The Delhi dialect of that language.

Related

Similar words

• Hindi-Urdu

Origin

• Borrowed from Hindi हिंदुस्तानी / Urdu ہندوستانی, from Persian هندو ("Hindu, Indian") + ستان + adjective suffix ی. Equivalent to Hindustan + -i.