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Hindustani

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Hindustani
/hin'doo stah"nee, -stan"ee/, n.
1. a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbr.: Hind Cf. Hindi (def. 2), Urdu.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to Hindustan, its people, or their languages.
Also, Hindoostani, Hindostani.
[1610-20; < Hindi, Urdu < Pers, equiv. to Hindustan region of the Indus, SIND (Hindu HINDU + stan country) + -i suffix of appurtenance]

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