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Hin·du·stani (hin′do̵̅o̅ stä′nē, -stan′ē)

noun

a major dialect of Western Hindi, used as a lingua franca throughout N India

Etymology: Hindi Hindūstānī, lit., dweller in northern India, Indian < Pers Hindūstān, lit., country of the Hindus < Hindū (see Hindu) + stān, a place, country

adjective

of Hindustan or its people, language, or culture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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