HINDOOSTANEE; HINDUSTANI

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n.

2.
a.

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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