单词 | hindustan |
释义 | Hindustann.adj. historical in later use. A. n. 1. An Indo-Aryan language of northern South Asia widely used as a lingua franca, from which modern Hindi and Urdu derive; = Hindustani n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Indic > central languages Gujaratic1607 Hindustan1622 Pindari1782 Hindustani1787 Pahari1858 Hindi–Urdu1892 1622 True Relation Accidents Kingdome of Magor 9 Their vulgar speech is called Industan. 1878 Bazaar, Exchange & Mart 16 Jan. 39/1 I know Hindostan well, having been born and educated in India, therefore I can speak it almost as well as English, though I do not read or write it. 1962 B. Davis Lonely Life xi. 197 The variety of dialects fascinated and confused me. Some of the people might just as well have been speaking Hindustan. 2. A native or inhabitant of northern South Asia; a Hindu. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India Indianc1400 Hindustan1662 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of Malabar1582 Gujaratic1607 Bengalan1613 Goan1652 Hindustan1662 Macassar1665 Gangetic1677 Malabarian1709 Mysorean1761 Bengalese1778 Assamese1794 Hindustani1813 Marwari1815 Sindhi1815 mofussilite1828 Mizo1832 Goanese1835 Punjabi1843 Bengali1848 Sindian1849 Madrasi1851 Toda1851 Hindia1853 Lushai1862 Kashmirian1876 Kashmir1882 Kashmiri1882 Konkani1885 ditcher1886 Ladakhi1893 Bihari1897 Sikkimese1938 Rajasthani1947 Maharashtrian1953 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vi. 299 I observ'd, that most of these Indosthans, had, upon the Nose, a mark of Saffron, about the breadth of a Man's finger; but I could never learn what that Mystery signify'd. 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. VI. ix. iii. 243 The dress of the Hindûstâns is all the same, in great and small, rich and poor, differing only in cost: for they never alter their fashions. 1860 W. Dalton White Elephant xv. 202 The Indostan pulled a dagger from his girdle, and thrust it so far into the lion's jaws that he was forced to quit his hold. 1939 New Amer. Encycl. (rev. ed.) 960/2 Mongol, a member of the Mongolian race... Nearly all the peoples of Asia excepting the Hindustans and those in the Mohammedan countries are members of this race. B. adj. Designating a native or inhabitant of northern South Asia; of or relating to this region or its language. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India Indiana1393 Indish1548 Indiary1646 Hindustan1655 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] Indian?1566 Indic1635 Hindustan1655 subcontinental1973 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > parts of India Mogul1617 Hindustan1655 Malabaric1680 Malabarian1709 Mogulish1719 Bengalian1769 Punjabi1794 Bengalic1801 Oriya1801 Telugu1816 Karnata1820 Punjab1833 Kanarese1838 Mysorean1851 Marwari1855 Bengali1858 Andaman1860 Lushai1862 Manipuri1868 Jaipur1889 Malabarese1922 Madrasi1924 Mewari1925 Maharashtrian1954 Bangla1971 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [adjective] > parts of Hindustan1655 Malabaric1680 Malabarian1709 Malabarish1717 Siddi1737 Hindustani1786 Assamese1802 Hindustanish1811 Mizo1832 Sindian1849 Rajasthani1901 Paharia1909 Moplah1910 Malabarese1922 Mewari1925 Gujarati1927 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 428 Few younger brothers of those Indostan Kings have long survived their Fathers. 1774 Ld. Kames Sketches Hist. Man II. iii. 420 How much more rational are the Hindostan bramins, who teach their disciples, that idols are emblems only of the Deity, intended merely to fix the attention of the populace! 1800 M. Symes Acct. Embassy to Ava viii. 149 Three or four of the boatmen speaking a little of the Hindostan language, I was at no loss to make myself understood. 1895 H. Ballantine On India's Frontier 1 He who would overstep this political demarcation from any point on the Hindustan side, is at once seized. 1996 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 1 My client told me that there was a Hindustan movie on and the children had run down the road to watch it in a house that had a television. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1622 |
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