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Hindustani

{

Hin′doo-sta′nee

,

Hin′doo-sta′ni

,

Hin′du-sta′ni

}
,
Adj.
[Hind.
Hindūstānī
an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per.
Hindūstān
India.]
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language.
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Noun.
The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.