Urdu

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʊəˌduː/, /ˈɜːˌduː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʊəɹduː/

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Urdu

1. 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.’

Urdu (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Urdu language.

• Lashkari

• Hindi
• Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu
• Category:Urdu language
• Urdu poetry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ISO 639-1 code ur, ISO 639-3 code urd (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Urdu, urd ⁠
• Urdu Dictionary

• Duru

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈurdu/

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• Hyphenation: Ur‧du

Urdu n

1. Urdu (language)

• duur, Ruud

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Urdu n

1. Urdu (language)

From Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”).

• IPA^(key): [u(r)du]
• Rhymes: -du, -u

Urdu

1. Urdu (language)