Hindustani noun & adjective. [hɪndʊ'stɑ:ni] Also (arch.) Hindoostanee. E17.
[Urdu from Persian hindūstānī, from hindū, formerly hindō, + -stān country + adjectival suffix -ī.]
A. noun.
1. A language based on the Hindi dialect of the Delhi region with an admixture of Arabic, Persian, etc., current as the standard language and lingua franca in much of northern India and Pakistan; arch. Urdu. E17.

2. A native or inhabitant of (the northern part of) the Indian subcontinent. arch. E19.
b. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Hindustani language or the Hindustanis. E19.

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