Hindustan

== English == === Alternative forms === Hindostan, Hendostan, Hindoostan, Hendoostan, Indostan (archaic) Hindusthan (Hindutva) === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu +‎ -stan. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hindustan (colloquial) India (Republic of India). Synonym: Bharat (dated) The entire region of the Indian subcontinent. (obsolete) The northern (properly north central) region of India. ==== Related terms ==== Hindustani ==== Translations ==== === See also === Bharat Hinduland == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Persian هندوستان (hendustân). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xinˈdus.tan/ Rhymes: -ustan Syllabification: Hin‧dus‧tan === Proper noun === Hindustan m inan Hindustan, an alternative name for India (a country in Asia) Synonym: Indie ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Hindustan in Polish dictionaries at PWN