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Urdu

[ oor-doo, ur-; oor-doo, ur- ]

noun

  1. one of the official languages of Pakistan, a language derived from Hindustani, used by Muslims, and written with Persian-Arabic letters.

Urdu

/ ˈɜː-; ˈʊəduː /

noun

  1. an official language of Pakistan, also spoken in India. The script derives primarily from Persia. It belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family of languages, being closely related to Hindi but containing many Arabic and Persian loan words

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Urdu1

< Urdu, Hindi urdū, extracted from Persian zabān i urdū literally, language of the camp (ultimately < Turkic; horde )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Urdu1

C18: from Hindustani ( zabāni ) urdū (language of the) camp, from Persian urdū camp, from Turkish ordū

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