হিন্দুস্তান

Assamese

Proper noun

হিন্দুস্তান • (hindustan)

  1. India
    Synonym: ভাৰত (bharot)

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan) — Sanskritised

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /hind̪ust̪an/, [hind̪ust̪an]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /hind̪ust̪an/, [hind̪ust̪an]

Proper noun

হিন্দুস্তান • (hindustan)

  1. synonym of ভারত (bharot)
  2. (colloquial) Hindustan (north-central region of India)

Middle Bengali

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)

Further reading

  • Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 929.
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