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English Dictionary: hindustani by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Hindustani
adj
  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language
n
  1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India [syn: Hindu, Hindoo, Hindustani]
  2. a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi
    Synonym(s): Hindustani, Hindoostani, Hindostani
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a.
      [Hind. Hind[d4]st[be]n[c6] an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per.
      Hind[d4]st[be]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.
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