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Hindustani vs Moonshee - What's the difference?

hindustani | moonshee |

As nouns the difference between hindustani and moonshee

is that hindustani is hindustani (language) while moonshee is an indian teacher of languages, especially hindustani and persian.

hindustani

Alternative forms

* Hindoostanee (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated) Related to India, or historically the entire Indian subcontinent.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A person from India (historically the entire Indian subcontinent).
  • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The name of the language which constitutes the Hindi and Urdu registers.
  • Synonyms

    * Hindi-Urdu

    moonshee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Indian teacher of languages, especially Hindustani and Persian.
  • References

    * Economic and political weekly?, India 1992, Page 2609[http://books.google.com/books?id=SNGwAAAAIAAJ&q=moonshee+Muslim+harkaras.&dq=moonshee+Muslim+harkaras.&lr=&ei=Oi5MSofHHYn8lQTQkOAv]