Hindoostanee

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindoostani \Hin"doo*sta"ni\,
  Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a. [Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[imac] an
     Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hind[=u]st[=a]n India.]
     Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The
     language of Hindustan; 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.
     [1913 Webster]