Associations to the word «Hindustani»

Wiktionary

HINDUSTANI, adjective. (dated) Related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent.
HINDUSTANI, noun. (dated) A person from India (historically the entire Indian subcontinent).
HINDUSTANI, proper noun. The name of the language which constitutes the Hindi and Urdu registers.

Dictionary definition

HINDUSTANI, noun. A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.
HINDUSTANI, noun. A form of Hindi spoken around Delhi.
HINDUSTANI, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hindustan or its people or language.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats