ہندوستان
See also: هندوستان
Urdu
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Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هندوستان (hindustān). Equivalent to ہندو (hindū, “Indian”) + ـستان (-stān, “-land”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɪn.d̪oː.st̪ɑːn/, /ɦɪn.d̪ʊs.t̪ɑːn/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: ہِنْ‧دُوسْ‧تان
Proper noun
ہِنْدُوسْتان • (hindūstān) m (Hindi spelling हिन्दुस्तान)
- India (a country in South Asia).
- (archaic) Hindustan, the Indian Subcontinent
See also
- (Indian subcontinent) بَرِّصَغِیر ہِنْد (barrisaġīr hind); بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (baṅgla deś), بُھوٹان (bhūṭān), بھارَت (bhārat), مالْدِیپ (māldīp), نیپال (nepāl), پاکِسْتان (pākistān), سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā) (Category: ur:Indian subcontinent)
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