köken: Inherited from Chagatai هندستان (hndstān /hindistān/), from Classical Persian هِنْدِسْتَان (hindistān). Cognate with Uyghur ھىندىستان (hindistan). By surface analysis, hind + -iston.
Hindustan · India (a country in South Asia) · The Mughal Empire.
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān). By surface analysis, हिंदू (hindū, “Indian”) + -स्तान (-stān) meaning 'Land of Hind' or 'Land of Hindu People'. Cognate with Marathi हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān).