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Hin•du•sta•ni



Pronunciation: (hin"doo-stä'nē, -stan'ē), [key]
—n.
a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbr.: Hind Cf. Hindi (def. 2), Urdu.

—adj.
of or pertaining to Hindustan, its people, or their languages. Also,Hindoostani,Hindostani.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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