Hin|du|sta|ni

Hin|du|sta|ni
Hin|du|sta|ni «HIHN du STAH nee, -STAN ee», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with India, its people, or their languages.
–n.
the commonest language of northern India. A form of it called Hindi is the official language of India. A Persian-Arabic form, Urdu, is one of the major languages of Pakistan.
╂[< Hindustani, Persian Hindūstānī Indian < Persian Hindūstān India < Hindū Hindu + stān place, country]

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