Definition of Hindoostani

1. Noun. A form of Hindi spoken around Delhi.

Exact synonyms: Hindostani, Hindustani
Generic synonyms: Hindi
Derivative terms: Hindustani

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindoostani

Hind II
Hind III
Hindawi
Hindemith
Hindenburg
Hindi
Hindi-Urdu
Hindia
Hindian
Hindley's screw
Hindoo
Hindooism
Hindoos
Hindoostanee
Hindoostanees
Hindoostani
Hindostan
Hindostani
Hindu
Hindu-Arabic numeral
Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush Mountains
Hindu calendar
Hindu calendar month
Hindu deity
Hindu numeral
Hinduism
Hinduisms
Hinduistic
Hinduistically

Literary usage of Hindoostani

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tours in Upper India, and in Parts of the Himalaya Mountains; with Accounts by Edward Archer (1833)
"CHAPTER I. Enter the territories of the King of Oude—Coronation hindoostani Dishes. — Procession. — Breakfast. — The Prince.—Presents. ..."

2. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"The vast plain is uninterrupted by a single eminence ; but the soil ami climate differ in the same degree as does a hindoostani from a Bengalee. ..."

3. Heroes and Martyrs of the Modern Missionary Enterprise: A Record of Their by Lucius Edwin Smith (1856)
"In March the hindoostani New-Testament was completed. Through the remainder of the year he was engaged in its revision, in the superintendence of the ..."

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