হিন্দুস্তান

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Assamese

Proper noun

হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)

  1. India
    Synonym: ভাৰত (bharot)

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)

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

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

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

Further reading

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