单词 | hindustani |
释义 | Hindustaniadj.n. A. adj. Designating a native or inhabitant of northern South Asia (now rare and generally considered offensive); of or relating to this region or its language (cf. B. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > parts of Hindustan1655 Malabaric1680 Malabarian1709 Malabarish1717 Siddi1737 Hindustani1786 Assamese1802 Hindustanish1811 Mizo1832 Sindian1849 Rajasthani1901 Paharia1909 Moplah1910 Malabarese1922 Mewari1925 Gujarati1927 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central Indian Moorish1763 Hindu1768 Hindui1785 Hindustani1786 Hindi1791 Urdu1830 Pahari1837 Gujarati1927 1786 J. Scott tr. I. Khan Memoirs 30 The main body of the army marched next, in the center of which rode Azim Shaw, surrounded by..a numerous band of Mogul, Afghan and Hindostanee munsubdaurs. 1803 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. II. 392 The Hindoostanee and the Persian characters are both used. 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 50 Even the Hindoostani mahout forgot about ha-lal-ing, and was glad to partake. 1957 Rep. Official Lang. Comm. 1956 (Govt. India) 42 The Congress and all its Committees at the all-India level would normally use the Hindustani language. 2012 J. Thayil Narcopolis i. iii. 50 On a tiny stage a woman in a chiffon sari danced to muddy music. He couldn't tell if it was jazz or Hindustani classical. B. n. 1. An Indo-Aryan language of northern South Asia widely used as a lingua franca, from which modern Hindi and Urdu derive. Cf. Hindi n. 2, Urdu n.Sometimes spec. with reference to the Khariboli (or Dehlavi) dialect of Delhi and the surrounding region on which the language is based.Now also known as Hindi–Urdu (Hindi–Urdu n.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central languages Gujaratic1607 Hindustan1622 Pindari1782 Hindustani1787 Pahari1858 Hindi–Urdu1892 1787 J. Gilchrist (title) A dictionary, English and Hindoostanee. 1808 W. Tennant Indian Recreat. (ed. 2) III. 61 The Hindostanee, a kind of lingua franka..is the spoken language of India, and has become the key to all communication with the natives. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul iii. iv. 388 The western tribes..understand Persian much more generally than the Eastern ones do Hindostaunee. 1878 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Lang. E. Indies 47 Hindustáni or Urdu is not a territorial Dialect, but a Lingua-franca... It can scarcely be said correctly, that it is the common Language of any one District, though freely spoken by many classes. 1996 A. Ghosh Calcutta Chromosome (1997) xiii. 90 All this time Grigson's making like he can only speak pidgin Hindustani, like every other Englishman in India. 2. a. Denoting a native or inhabitant of northern South Asia.Now generally regarded as offensive. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of Malabar1582 Gujaratic1607 Bengalan1613 Goan1652 Hindustan1662 Macassar1665 Gangetic1677 Malabarian1709 Mysorean1761 Bengalese1778 Assamese1794 Hindustani1813 Marwari1815 Sindhi1815 mofussilite1828 Mizo1832 Goanese1835 Punjabi1843 Bengali1848 Sindian1849 Madrasi1851 Toda1851 Hindia1853 Lushai1862 Kashmirian1876 Kashmir1882 Kashmiri1882 Konkani1885 ditcher1886 Ladakhi1893 Bihari1897 Sikkimese1938 Rajasthani1947 Maharashtrian1953 1813 T. D. Broughton Lett. written in Mahratta Camp xxviii. 310 A monthly subsistence of thirty rupees per man to the Hindoostanees..was offered. 1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah I. 49 He took the best Hindostani and a plucky Burmese Mahout with him. 2014 Free Press Jrnl. (India) (Nexis) 13 Nov. Someone should teach this gentleman that denizens of Hindustan are Hindustanis, including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Parsis et al. b. Among Surinamese and Dutch peoples: a native or inhabitant of Suriname with South Asian ancestry; a person of Indian-Surinamese descent.Indentured Indian workers were imported from British India to the Dutch colony of Suriname during the 19th cent. ΚΠ ?1943 J. H. Boas in Holland carries On: Netherlands W. Indies (Netherlands Information Bureau) 24/2 The large majority of Hindostanis, however, are engaged in agriculture where, as a result of their sober habits and tough physique, they are doing as well as circumstances permit. 2007 S. Verstappen & M. Rutten in G. Oonk Global Indian Diasporas ix. 223 When asked to compare themselves with Indians, some Hindustanis remarked that women are treated worse in India than they are in the Netherlands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1786 |
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