हिंदुस्थान

Marathi

Etymology

Partial calque of Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦin.d̪us.t̪ʰan/

Proper noun

हिंदुस्थान • (hindusthān) ?

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

• हिंदुस्थानी (hindusthānī)

 

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हिंदुस्थान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press