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Urdu

[oo r-doo,ur-;oo r-doo, ur-]/ˈʊər du, ˈɜr-; ʊərˈdu, ɜr-/
noun
1.
one of the official languages of Pakistan, a language derived from Hindustani, used by Muslims, and written with Persian-Arabic letters.
Origin ofUrdu
<Urdu,Hindiurdū, extracted fromPersianzabān i urdū literally, language of the camp (ultimately <Turkic; seehorde)
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  • It may be compared to a limited extent withUrdu, the camp language of India.

    China and the Chinese Herbert Allen Giles
  • He had spoken once or twice inUrdu to the mullah and had received no answer.

  • It was noticeable he spoke far clearerUrdu than long ago, under Zam-Zammah; but the father would allow no private talk.

    Kim Rudyard Kipling
  • As they spoke no English, we were obliged to converse with them inUrdu.

  • The special nameUrdu, however, has now superseded the term Hindustani, when we think of the language as a literary medium.

British Dictionary definitions forUrdu

Urdu

/ˈʊəduː;ˈɜː-/
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
Word Origin
C18: from Hindustani (zabāni)urdū (language of the) camp, from Persianurdū camp, from Turkishordū
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Word Origin and History forUrdu

official language of Pakistan, 1796, from Hindustaniurdu "camp," from Turkishordu (source ofhorde); short forzaban-i-urdu "language of the camp." CompareDzongkha, a variant of Tibetan and the official language of Bhutan, literally "the language of the fortress."

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