{ Hin″doo‐sta″nee, Hin″du‐sta″ni } (?), a. [Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān 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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.