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Hindoos
(gcide) | Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoosor
Hindus. [Per. Hind[=u], fr. Hind, Hind[=u]st[=a]n, India.
Cf. Indian.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is
confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious
name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. Hindoo
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hindoostani
(encz) | Hindoostani, |
Hindoostanee
(gcide) | Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindoostani \Hin"doo*sta"ni\,
Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a. [Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[imac] 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 Hindustan; 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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Hindoostani
(gcide) | Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindoostani \Hin"doo*sta"ni\,
Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a. [Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[imac] 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 Hindustan; 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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hindoostani
(wn) | Hindoostani
n 1: a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi [syn: Hindustani,
Hindoostani, Hindostani] |
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