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Hindustani is an adjectival form of Hindustan
Hindustan

Hindustan is one of the popular names of India. Though the meaning of Hindustan has evolved over the years, after the Partition of India it primarily refers to modern India....
 which originally meant people from the whole geographical region of Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
, though latterly it is used mainly to describe a region in northern India, east and south of Yamuna
Yamuna

The Yamuna is a major tributary river of the Ganges in northern India. With a total length of around , it is the largest tributary of the Ganges....
 river, between the Vindhya mountains and the Himalayas
Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
, where Hindustani language
Hindustani language

Hindustani , also known as "Hindi-Urdu," is a term covering several closely related dialects in Pakistan and northern India, especially the vernacular form of the two national languages, Standard Hindi and Urdu language, also known as Khariboli, but also several nonstandard dialects of the Hindi languages....
 is spoken and is the origin of Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music

Hindustani Classical Music is the Hindustani or erstwhile North Indian style of Indian classical music. Originating in the Vedic period, it is a tradition that has been evolving from the 12th century AD, in what is now North India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, and also Nepal and Afghanistan, and is today one of the two main parts of Indian clas...
, tradition, culture, and tehzeeb (etiquette
Etiquette

Etiquette is a code that influences expectations for social behavior according to contemporary Convention Norm s within a society, social class, or Group ....
).

In the Persian language
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
, the word Hindi
Hindi (disambiguation)

Hindi may refer to:*the Hindi language, the name of an Indo-Aryan language with various definitions:**in the narrowest sense, Modern Standard Hindi...
, which is itself derived from Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
, Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 for the Indus River
Indus River

File:Indian subcontinent CIA.pngThe Indus River is the longest river in Pakistan and the twenty-first largest river in the world, in terms of annual flow, on the Indian Subcontinent....
 + -stan
-stan

The Affix -stan is Persian language for "place of", derived from the Indo-Aryan languages equivalent, -sthana The suffix also appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, areas where ancient Indo-Iranians were established; in Iranian, however, it is also used more generally, as in Persi...
, (Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
 for place) often formerly rendered Hindoostan and the adjective
Adjective

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntax role is to grammatical modifier a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition....
 Hindustani, relates to various aspects of the geographical
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 areas east of the Indus, or people living in it - the Hindustanis.






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Hindustani is an adjectival form of Hindustan
Hindustan

Hindustan is one of the popular names of India. Though the meaning of Hindustan has evolved over the years, after the Partition of India it primarily refers to modern India....
 which originally meant people from the whole geographical region of Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
, though latterly it is used mainly to describe a region in northern India, east and south of Yamuna
Yamuna

The Yamuna is a major tributary river of the Ganges in northern India. With a total length of around , it is the largest tributary of the Ganges....
 river, between the Vindhya mountains and the Himalayas
Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
, where Hindustani language
Hindustani language

Hindustani , also known as "Hindi-Urdu," is a term covering several closely related dialects in Pakistan and northern India, especially the vernacular form of the two national languages, Standard Hindi and Urdu language, also known as Khariboli, but also several nonstandard dialects of the Hindi languages....
 is spoken and is the origin of Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music

Hindustani Classical Music is the Hindustani or erstwhile North Indian style of Indian classical music. Originating in the Vedic period, it is a tradition that has been evolving from the 12th century AD, in what is now North India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, and also Nepal and Afghanistan, and is today one of the two main parts of Indian clas...
, tradition, culture, and tehzeeb (etiquette
Etiquette

Etiquette is a code that influences expectations for social behavior according to contemporary Convention Norm s within a society, social class, or Group ....
).

In the Persian language
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
, the word Hindi
Hindi (disambiguation)

Hindi may refer to:*the Hindi language, the name of an Indo-Aryan language with various definitions:**in the narrowest sense, Modern Standard Hindi...
, which is itself derived from Sindh
Sindh

Sindh is one of the four Subdivisions of Pakistan of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu-speaking Muslim refugees who migrated to Pakistan from India upon independence as well as the people migrated from other provinces after independence....
, Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 for the Indus River
Indus River

File:Indian subcontinent CIA.pngThe Indus River is the longest river in Pakistan and the twenty-first largest river in the world, in terms of annual flow, on the Indian Subcontinent....
 + -stan
-stan

The Affix -stan is Persian language for "place of", derived from the Indo-Aryan languages equivalent, -sthana The suffix also appears in the names of many regions, especially in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, areas where ancient Indo-Iranians were established; in Iranian, however, it is also used more generally, as in Persi...
, (Persian
Persian language

name=Persian|nativename=|pronunciation=[f??r'si]|image=|caption=Farsi in Perso-Arabic script |states= Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain....
 for place) often formerly rendered Hindoostan and the adjective
Adjective

In grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntax role is to grammatical modifier a noun or pronoun, giving more information about the noun or pronoun's definition....
 Hindustani, relates to various aspects of the geographical
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 areas east of the Indus, or people living in it - the Hindustanis. Thus during medieval times it may have referred to the Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a large section of the Asian continent consisting of the land lying substantially on the Indian Plate. The subcontinent includes parts of various countries in South Asia, including those on the continental crust , an Island#Continental islands country on the continental shelf , and an Island#Oceanic islands countr...
, while in modern usage 'Hindustan' has come to mean the Republic of India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
.

The adjective Hindustani is a term applied to the syncretic Hindu culture of South Asia. Hindustani is sometimes also used as an ethnic
Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of humans whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage that is real or presumed.Ethnic identity is further marked by the recognition from others of a group's distinctiveness and the recognition of common culture, linguistic, religion, human behaviour or Race traits, real or presumed, as indic...
 term applied to the whole of South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
. For example, a West Indian
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 man with roots in South Asia might describe his ethnicity by saying he is Hindustani. In a more restricted sense, the Hindustani people are those who are native speakers of the Hindustani language
Hindustani language

Hindustani , also known as "Hindi-Urdu," is a term covering several closely related dialects in Pakistan and northern India, especially the vernacular form of the two national languages, Standard Hindi and Urdu language, also known as Khariboli, but also several nonstandard dialects of the Hindi languages....
, as opposed to the other languages of India.

See also

  • Ethnic groups of South Asia
    Ethnic groups of South Asia

    The ethno-linguistic composition of the population of South Asia, that is the nations of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka, as well as sometimes Afghanistan, is highly diverse....
  • Hindoestanen
    Hindoestanen

    The Hindoestanen are an ethnic group of South Asian origin in the Netherlands and Suriname. The Hindoestanen began migrating to Suriname in 1873 from what was then British India as indentured labourers, many from the modern-day Indian state s of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and its surrounding regions....
  • Hindustani Lal Sena
    Hindustani Lal Sena

    Hindustani Lal Sena - ???????????? ??? ???? , an anticolonial guerrilla group in India. It was formed on April 13 1939 ....
    , (Indian Red Army), formed 1939
  • Hindustani Ghadar Party, political group founded in 1970