hindustan
/hˈɪndustˌæn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He did not wish to steal anything. He only desired to know what to steal, and, incidentally, how to get away when he had stolen it. He thanked all the Gods of Hindustan, and Herbert Spencer, that there remained some valuables to steal."
- "“The Government of Her Majesty the Queen, Empress of India, […] says the movement is ‘for the remission of tax, the advancement of Hindustan, and the strengthening of the British Government.’"
- "There, floor piled upon floor above the chattering throngs, were these less gregarious units, each something of a mystery to his fellow-guests, each in his separate cell; and each as remote from real human companionship as if that cell were fashioned, not in the bricks of London, but in the rocks of Hindustan!"
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.
Word Breakdown
- Root: هِنْدُوسْتَان
Usage
Inflected Forms
Hindostan (alternative, archaic)
Hendostan (alternative, archaic)
Hindoostan (alternative, archaic)
Hendoostan (alternative, archaic)
Indostan (alternative, archaic)
Hindusthan (alternative)