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proper noun (Hindustanis)
  1. (dated) A person from India (historically the entire Indian subcontinent).
  2. An informal (colloquial) language made by blending of Hindi and Urdu languages.
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  • Dutch: Hindoestani
adjective 
  1. (dated) Related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent.
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    Etymology: From Hindustani àààààààààààà / (ur-Arab, ÛÙÙÙÛ) (hindustÄnÄ) < Persian (fa-Arab, ÙÙ) (hend = Hindu) + Persian (fa-Arab, Ù) (stÄn = land) + adjective suffix (fa-Arab, Û) (Ä) resulting in (hendustÄnÄ = land of the Hindus) < hend is derived from Sanskrit àààààà (sindhu), Sanskrit name for the Indus River.

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