HINDOOSTANEE

{ Hin″doo‐sta″nee, Hin″du‐sta″ni } (?), a. [[Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India.]] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. — n. The language of Hindostan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.