হিন্দুস্তান

Assamese

Proper noun

হিন্দুস্তান • (hindustan)

  1. India
    Synonym: ভাৰত (bharot)

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), from Classical Persian هندوستان (hindūstān).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɦind̪ust̪an/, [ˈɦind̪ust̪an]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɦind̪ust̪an/, [ˈɦind̪ust̪an]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɦind̪ust̪an/, [ˈɦind̪ust̪an], [ˈɦind̪ust̪an], /xind̪ust̪an/, [xind̪ust̪an], [xind̪ust̪an]

Proper noun

হিন্দুস্তান • (hindustan)

  1. Synonym of ভারত (bharot)
  2. (colloquial) North India

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms
  • হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندوستان (hindūstān). Compare Old Punjabi ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨੁ (hindusatānu).

Noun

হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)

  1. Hindustan (northern region of India)
    Synonym: ইন্দিয়া (indiẏa)

Descendants
  • Bengali: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 929.
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