Hindustan

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. India (Republic of India). colloquial
  2. The entire region of the Indian subcontinent. dated
    — He did not wish to steal anything. He only desired to know what to steal, and, incidentally, how to get away when he had stolen it. He thanked all the Gods of Hindustan, and Herbert Spencer, that there remained some valuables to steal.
  3. The northern (properly north central) region of India. obsolete

词形变化

Hindostan alternative,archaic Hendostan alternative,archaic Hindoostan alternative,archaic Hendoostan alternative,archaic Indostan alternative,archaic Hindusthan alternative

词汇关系

相关词
Hindustani Bharat Hinduland

词源

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.
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