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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindustani (see Urdu اُرْدُو (urdū) and Hindi उर्दू (urdū)), from Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Doublet of horde and orda.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Urdu
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- Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) Moors, (historical) Hindustani, Rekhta, Hindvi, Dehlavi, Lahori, Lashkari, Hindi
- 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 78:
- ‘Urdu was born in the barracks a few hundred years ago, and was spoken by soldiers. It gets its grammar from Hindi, and vocabulary from Persian.’
Translations
[edit]the Indo-Iranian language
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Adjective
[edit]Urdu (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Urdu language.
Synonyms
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[edit]relative to the Urdu language
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Hindi
- Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu
- Category:Urdu language
Urdu poetry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
[edit]- ISO 639-1 code ur, ISO 639-3 code urd (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Urdu, urd
- Urdu Dictionary
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Urdu n
- Urdu (language)
Anagrams
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Noun
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- Urdu (language)
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Urdu
- Urdu (language)
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