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Meaning of "Hindostani" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HINDOSTANI

Hindostani  [ˌhɪndəʊˈstɑːnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HINDOSTANI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hindostani is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HINDOSTANI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hindostani

Hindustani language

Hindustani, historically also known as Hindavi, Dehlvi, Urdu, and Rekhta, is the lingua franca of North India and of Pakistan. It is an Indo-Aryan language, deriving primarily from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi, and incorporates a large amount of vocabulary from Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit and Chagatai. It is a pluricentric language, with two official forms, Modern Standard Hindi and Modern Standard Urdu, which are its standardised registers, and which may be called Hindi-Urdu when taken together. The colloquial languages are all but indistinguishable, and even though the official standards are nearly identical in grammar, they differ in literary conventions and in academic and technical vocabulary, with Urdu retaining stronger Persian, Central Asian and Arabic influences, and Hindi relying more heavily on Sanskrit. Before the Partition of India, the terms Hindustani, Urdu, and Hindi were synonymous; all covered what would be called Urdu and Hindi today.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HINDOSTANI


afghani
æfˈɡɑːnɪ
ani
ˈɑːnɪ
anziani
ˌæntsɪˈɑːnɪ
Armani
ɑːˈmɑːnɪ
Azerbaijani
ˌæzəbaɪˈdʒɑːnɪ
bani
ˈbɑːnɪ
barney
ˈbɑːnɪ
biryani
ˌbɪrɪˈɑːnɪ
Carney
ˈkɑːnɪ
cellentani
ˌtʃɛlənˈtɑːnɪ
Dani
ˈdɑːnɪ
Hindoostani
ˌhɪndʊˈstɑːnɪ
Hindustani
ˌhɪndəʊˈstɑːnɪ
Karitane
ˌkærɪˈtɑːnɪ
Killarney
kɪˈlɑːnɪ
Mani
ˈmɑːnɪ
Omani
əʊˈmɑːnɪ
Pakistani
ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːnɪ
rani
ˈrɑːnɪ
Turkestani
ˌtɜːkɪˈstɑːnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HINDOSTANI

Hindi
hindleg
hindmost
Hindoo
Hindooism
Hindoostani
hindquarter
hindquarters
hindrance
hindshank
hindsight
Hindu
Hindu Kush
Hinduism
Hindustan
Hindustani
Hindutva

WORDS THAT END LIKE HINDOSTANI

decani
East Pakistani
Eridani
frangipani
Fulani
Galvani
Guarani
Gyani
jamdani
Kisangani
maharani
Modigliani
mopani
Rafsanjani
Romani
sherwani
soprani
timpani
Trapani
tympani

Synonyms and antonyms of Hindostani in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hindostani» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HINDOSTANI

Find out the translation of Hindostani to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hindostani from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hindostani» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Hindostani
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hindostani
570 millions of speakers

English

Hindostani
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hindostani
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Hindostani
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Hindostani
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hindostani
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Hindostani
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hindostani
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hindostani
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hindostani
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Hindostani
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Hindostani
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hindustani
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hindostani
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Hindostani
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिंदुस्तानी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hindostani
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hindostani
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hindostani
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Hindostani
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hindostani
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Hindostani
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hindostani
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hindostani
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hindostani
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hindostani

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HINDOSTANI»

The term «Hindostani» is used very little and occupies the 165.762 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Hindostani
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Hindostani».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HINDOSTANI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Hindostani» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Hindostani» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hindostani

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HINDOSTANI»

Discover the use of Hindostani in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hindostani and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Bibliography of Western Hindi, Including Hindostani
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
George Abraham Grierson, 2011
2
Mediators Between State and Society
Long before then, however, Asians had also used public education as a means to ensure that they could no longer be ignored. The most outstanding example of this process was the first Hindostani to take the first-grade teachers exam (1922),  ...
Nico Randeraad, 1998
3
Catalogue Raisonne of the Arabic, Hindostani, Persian, and ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Edward Rehatsek, 2008
4
Language, Religion and Politics in North India
310-12: 'The decrease in the number of Hindostani speakers has occurred on account of the large number of persons having given their language as Urdu . . . '. . . The increase in the strength of the Urdu-speaking population has been more or  ...
Paul R. Brass, 2005
5
Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti
Drew himself writes: "The structure of that (Dogri). language is such that it is possible to take a Hindostani grammar, and without recasting it, replace the Hindostani with Dogri forms. This indeed is very nearly what I have done in making this ...
Amaresh Datta, 1988
6
The Life of William Carey, D.D: Shoemaker and Missionary
It is as follows : About a year and a half ago, some attempts were made to engage Mr. Gilchrist in the translation of the Scriptures into the Hindostani language. By something or other it was put by. The Persian was also at the same time much ...
George Smith, 2011
7
Annual Report of the American Bible Society
1 copy Hindostani Testament; 1840. 1 copy Hindostaui Four Gospels and Acts; 1840. 1 copy Hindostani Gospel of Matthew. 1 copy Hindostani Gospel of Mark. 1 copy Hindostani Gospel of Luke. 1 copy Hindostani Gospel of John. 1 copy ...
American Bible Society, 1838
8
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
He devoted to the study of the Hindostani, which he acquired with rare perfection, living for some years in a Mahommedan family. His systematic mind suggested to him the idea of forming that dialect into a language, which in Dehli and ...
Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India), 1842
9
Dattilam: A Compendium of Ancient Indian Music
While the scale of the modern Hindostani toil (c d*~ e*- f*+ g a*- tr c, cf. Fox Strangways, Music of Hindostan, App. II and no. 40 of the Table of Hindostani Rags, p. 150-151), which is similar to the Karnatic pantuvardli, resembles the iuddha- ...
Emmie te Nijenhuis, 1970
10
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
He devoted to the study of the Hindostani, which he acquired with rare perfection, living for some years in a Mahommedan family. His systematic mind suggested to him the idea of forming that dialect into a language, which in Dehli and ...
‎1842

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HINDOSTANI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hindostani is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Hindostani In Istanbul
Travel heals relationships. After sharing an especially strained, albeit virginal, one with my passport, I finally realised this in Turkey, where ... «Hindustan Times, Sep 13»
2
Birth of Urdu Journalism in the Indian Subcontinent
The language at that time was called Hindostani and the publisher of “Jam-i-Jahan Numa” gave the same name in his application for license ... «Milli Gazette, May 11»
3
Art of the here and now
... of a shockingly racist and imperialist nature: “Listening to nothing the whole time but barbarous Hindostani,” he once said about his subjects. «Livemint, Nov 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hindostani [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hindostani>. May 2024 ».
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