Hindustan

English

Alternative forms

Hindoostan (archaic)

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (hendustân, “India”).

Proper noun

Hindustan

(colloquial) The entire country of India.
(dated) The entire region of Indian subcontinent.
(obsolete) The northern (properly north central) region of India.

Translations

northern region of India

Arabic: هِنْدُسْتَان‎ f (hindustān)
Armenian: Հինդուստան (Hindustan)
Assamese: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
Azerbaijani: Hindustan
Belarusian: Індаста́н m (Indastán)
Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
Bulgarian: Индоста́н m (Indostán)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 印度斯坦 (zh) (Yìndùsītǎn), 痕都斯坦 (Héndūsītǎn) (historically)
Dutch: Hindoestan (nl) n
Finnish: Hindustan
French: Hindustan (fr) m
German: Hindustan n
Greek: Ινδουστάν m (Indoustán)
Gujarati: હિંદુસ્તાન (hindustān)
Hindi: हिन्दुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān), हिंदुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān)
Japanese: ヒンドスタン (Hindosutan), ヒンドゥスターン (Hindusutān)
Kannada: ಹಿನ್ದುಸ್ಥನ (hindusthana)
Kazakh: Үндстан (Ündstan)
Korean: 힌두스탄 (Hinduseutan)
Kyrgyz: Индустан (İndustan)
Lak: Гьиндусттан (Hindust:an)
Malayalam: ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ (hindusthāṉ)
Manchu: ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠ᠋ᠰᡨᠠᠨ (hendustan)
Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
Oriya: ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustanô)
Pashto: هندوستان‎ m (hendustãn)
Persian: هندوستان‎ (fa) (hendustân)
Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
Russian: Индоста́н (ru) m (Indostán)
Spanish: Indostán m
Swedish: Hindustan
Tajik: Ҳиндустон (tg) (Hinduston)
Tamil: ஹிந்துஸ்தான் (hintustāṉ)
Telugu: హిందూస్తాన్ (hindūstān)
Turkish: Hindustan
Ukrainian: Індоста́н m (Indostán)
Urdu: ہِندوستان‎ m (hindustān)
Uzbek: Hindiston (uz)

alternative name for India — See also translations at India

Arabic: هِنْدُسْتَان‎ f (hindustān)
Armenian: Հինդուստան (Hindustan)
Assamese: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
Azerbaijani: Hindustan
Belarusian: Індаста́н m (Indastán)
Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
Bulgarian: Индоста́н m (Indostán)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 印度斯坦 (zh) (Yìndùsītǎn)
Dhivehi: ހިންދުސްތާނު‎ (dv) (hin̊dustānu)
Dutch: Hindoestan (nl) n
Finnish: Hindustan
French: Hindustan (fr) m
German: Hindustan n
Greek: Ινδουστάν m (Indoustán)
Gujarati: હિંદુસ્તાન (hindustān)
Hindi: हिन्दुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān), हिंदुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān)
Japanese: ヒンドスタン (Hindosutan), ヒンドゥスターン (Hindusutān)
Kannada: ಹಿನ್ದುಸ್ಥನ (hindusthana)
Kashmiri: ہِندوستان‎ (hindōstān)
Kazakh: Үндстан (Ündstan)
Korean: 힌두스탄 (Hinduseutan)
Kyrgyz: Индустан (İndustan)
Lak: Гьиндусттан (Hindust:an)
Malayalam: ഹിന്ദുസ്ഥാൻ (hindusthāṉ)
Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
Oriya: ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustanô)
Pashto: هندوستان‎ m (hendustãn)
Persian: هندوستان‎ (fa) (hendustân)
Polish: Hindustan (pl) m
Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
Russian: Индоста́н (ru) m (Indostán), Хиндуста́н m (Xindustán)
Sindhi: هندستان‎ (hindustānu)
Spanish: Indostán m
Swedish: Hindustan
Tajik: Ҳиндустон (tg) (Hinduston)
Tamil: ஹிந்துஸ்தான் (hintustāṉ)
Telugu: హిందూస్తాన్ (hindūstān)
Turkish: Hindustan
Ukrainian: Індоста́н m (Indostán)
Urdu: ہِندوستان‎ m (hindustān)
Uzbek: Hindiston (uz)
Western Panjabi: ھندستان‎ (pnb)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (hendustân).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xinˈdus.tan/
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Rhymes: -ustan
Syllabification: Hin‧dus‧tan

Proper noun

Hindustan m inan

Hindustan, an alternative name for India (a country in Asia)
Synonym: Indie

Declension

Declension of Hindustan

	singular
nominative	Hindustan
genitive	Hindustanu
dative	Hindustanowi
accusative	Hindustan
instrumental	Hindustanem
locative	Hindustanie
vocative	Hindustanie

Derived terms

adjective

hindustański

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nouns

Hindustan

English

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Polish

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