Hindustani
/ˌhɪndʊˈstɑːni
/noun [mass noun]
1A group of mutually intelligible languages and dialects spoken in NW India, principally Hindi and Urdu.They speak, Urdu or Hindustani regardless of the local languages of an Indian State in which they happen to live and thrive....
- Even though Dr. Joshi knows chaste Hindi, he spoke in Hindustani peppered heavily with Urdu words.
- Therefore, no credit at all except for some vocabulary is given to Turkish languages in the history of development of Urdu, Hindi or Hindustani.
1.1The Delhi dialect of Hindi, widely used throughout India as a lingua franca.
adjective
Relating to the culture of NW India: Hindustani classical music...
- When the emphasis is on patrons and court culture, a limited reading of Hindustani music is inevitable.
- A great admirer of Lata Mangeshkar, Shalini is passionate about Carnatic and Hindustani music besides Western classical.
- The book's closing story, for example, is about Mohanji, a gentle and gifted singer trained in classical Hindustani music.
Usage
Hindustani was the usual term in the 18th and 19th centuries for the native language of NW India. The usual modern term is Hindi (or Urdu in Muslim contexts), although Hindustani is still used to refer to the dialect of Hindi spoken around Delhi.
Rhymes
- anchoïade
- anchusa
- ancien régime
- ancient
- ancient demesne
- ancient historian
- ancient history
- ancient lights
- anciently
- ancient monument
- ancientness
- ancient regime
- ancient world
- ancillary
- ancon
- Ancona
- -ancy
- ancylostomiasis
- Ancyra
- and
- -and
- and all that jazz
- and all that (or and that)
- and (all) the rest (of it)
- Andalusia