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hindus
(encz) | Hindus, |
Hindus
(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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hindustan
(encz) | Hindustan, |
hindustani
(encz) | Hindustani, |
Hindus
(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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Hindustan
(gcide) | Hindustan \Hindustan\ n.
northern region of India where Hinduism predominates.
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Hindustanee
(gcide) | Urdu \Ur"du\, n. [Hind. urd[=u].]
The language more generally called Hindustanee.
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Hindustani
(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.
[1913 Webster]Hindustani \Hindustani\ adj.
of or pertaining to Hindustan or its inhabitants.
[WordNet 1.5]Hindustani \Hindustani\ n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.
Syn: Hindu, Hindoo.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi. See Hindoostanee.
Syn: Hindoostani, Hindoostanee, Hindostani.
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hindustan
(wn) | Hindustan
n 1: northern region of India where Hinduism predominates |
hindustani
(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 [syn: Hindustani,
Hindoostani, Hindostani] |
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