Hindustan
Meaning
- (colloquial) India (Republic of India).
- (dated) The entire region of the Indian subcontinent.
- (obsolete) The northern (properly north central) region of India.
Synonyms
Indostan
Translations
Hindoustan
Hindustan Britisch-Indien
Ινδοστάν Ινδουστάν
Indostano
Indostan
IndostánFrequency
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.
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