Word
urdu
Phoneticsur·du
/ɝˈdu/
Definitions
01the language
n. a language spoken by millions of people in South Asia, especially in Pakistan and parts of India.
n. the Indo-Aryan language that serves as the national language of Pakistan and an official language in several Indian states.
“She grew up speaking Urdu at home with her parents in Lahore.”
“The poet was celebrated for his ability to weave complex philosophical themes into the traditional ghazal form of Urdu literature.”
Synonyms
02relating to the language
adj. describing something that belongs to or is written in the Urdu language.
adj. pertaining to the Urdu language, its literature, or its cultural heritage.
“The library has a large collection of Urdu poetry books.”
“The professor specialized in Urdu linguistics, focusing on the historical development of the script from Persian and Arabic influences.”
Etymology
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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