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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a.
[Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[=i] an Indian, fr Hind. and Per.
Hind[=u]st[=a]n India.]
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The
language of Hindostan; 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
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Hindustani
adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its
people or language [syn: {Hindustani}]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India [syn: {Hindu},
{Hindoo}, {Hindustani}]
2: a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi [syn: {Hindustani}, {Hindoostani},
{Hindostani}]
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