| | Definition: | | \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.
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