ہندوستان

See also: هندوستان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (hindustān). Equivalent to ہندو (hindū, “Indian”) +‎ ـستان (-stān, “-land”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪn.d̪oː.st̪ɑːn/, /ɦɪn.d̪ʊs.t̪ɑːn/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Hyphenation: ہِنْ‧دُوسْ‧تان

Proper noun

ہِنْدوسْتان • (hindostān) m (Hindi spelling हिन्दुस्तान)

India (a country in South Asia)
Synonyms: بھارت (bhārat), انڈیا (inḍiyā), ہِنْدِیَہ (hindiya)
(archaic) Hindustan, the Indian Subcontinent
Synonyms: برصغیر (barr-e-saġīr), ہند (hind)

See also

countries in the Indian subcontinent: بَرِّصَغِیر پاک و ہِنْد (barrisaġīr pāk o hind) (appendix)edit

بَن٘گْلَہ دیش (baṅgla deś)
بُھوٹان (bhūṭān)
بھارَت (bhārat)
سِری لَن٘کا (sirī laṅkā)
مالْدِیپ (māldīp)
نیپال (nepāl)
پاکِسْتان (pākistān)

References

“ہندوستان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ہندوستان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.