هندوستان

See also: ہندوستان

Persian

Etymology

(hendu, “Indian”) +‎ (-stân, “land”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “is sense 2 a semantic borrowing from Urdu”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hin.duːs.ˈtɑːn]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.d̪us.t̪ʰɔ́ːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hen̪.d̪uːs.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hin̪.d̪us.t̪ʰɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading^?	hindūstān
Dari reading^?	hindūstān
Iranian reading^?	hendustân
Tajik reading^?	hinduston

Proper noun


Iranian Persian	هندوستان
Dari	هندوستان
Tajik	Ҳиндустон

هِنْدوسْتان • (hendustân)

(dated) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) the Indian subcontinent, India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
Synonym: شبه‌قارهٔ هند (šebh-e-qârre-ye hend)
(colloquial) India (a country in South Asia)
Synonym: هند (hend)

Derived terms

هندوستانی (hendustâni)

Related terms

هندی (hendi)

Descendants

→ Assamese: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
→ Middle Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
- Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
→ Gujarati: હિંદુસ્તાન (hindustān)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)

Urdu: ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān)
→ Maithili: hindustān
Devanagari script: हिन्दुस्तान

Tirhuta script: 𑒯𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒰𑒢
→ Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
→ Odia: ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ଥାନ (hindusthanô)
→ Old Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੁ (hindusatānu)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦੋਸਤਾਨ (hindostān)
  Shahmukhi script: ہِندُوستان (hindūstān)
→ Sanskrit: हिन्दुस्थान (hindusthāna) (calque)
→ Sindhi: hindustānu
Arabic script: هِندُسْتانُ

Devanagari script: हिंदुस्तानु

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