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]