Urdu

See also: urdu, urdú, and úrdú

English

Etymology

From Persian اردو‎ (ordu), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Compare horde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊəɹduː/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Urdu (uncountable)

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. Also known natively to its speakers as Lashkari.

Translations

the Indo-Iranian language

• Arabic: أُرْدُو‎ m (ʾurdū)
• Armenian: ուրդու (hy) (urdu)
• Basque: urdu (eu)
• Bengali: উর্দু (urdu)
• Catalan: urdú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏爾都語 (zh), 乌尔都语 (zh) (wū’ěrdūyǔ)

• Czech: urdština f
• Dhivehi: އުރުދޫ‎ (dv) (urudū)
• Dutch: Urdu (nl) n
• Esperanto: urduo
• Finnish: urdu (fi)
• French: ourdou (fr) m
• Galician: urdú (gl) m
• Georgian: ურდუ (urdu)
• German: Urdu (de) n
• Greenlandic: urdutut
• Gujarati: ઉર્દૂ (gu) (urdū)
• Hindi: उर्दू (hi) f (urdū)
• Icelandic: úrdú (is) n
• Japanese: ウルドゥー語 (ja) (urudūgo)
• Kannada: ಉರ್ದೂ (urdū)
• Korean: 우르두어 (ureudueo)
• Malay: bahasa Urdu, Urdu

• Marathi: उर्दू f (urdū)
• Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Naakaii Dootłʼizhí bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: urdu (no) m

  Nynorsk: urdu m

• Ottoman Turkish: اردو‎ (ordu)
• Persian: اردو‎ (fa) (ordu)
• Polish: urdu (pl) n
• Portuguese: urdu (pt) m
• Russian: у́рду (ru) m (úrdu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̏рду m

  Roman: ȕrdu (sh) m

• Sinhalese: උර්දු (urdu), උර්දු භාෂාව (urdu bhāṣāva)
• Spanish: urdu (es) m
• Swahili: Kiurdu
• Swedish: urdu (sv)
• Telugu: ఉర్దూ (te) (urdū)
• Thai: ภาษาอูรดู (th) (paa-săa uun-duu)
• Tigrinya: ኡርዱኛ (ʾurduña)
• Turkish: Urduca (tr)
• Urdu: اردو‎ (ur) f (urdū)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Urdu
• Volapük: lurduv

Adjective

Urdu (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Urdu language.

Translations

relative to the Urdu language

• Catalan: urdú (ca) m, f
• French: ourdou (fr) m, ourdoue (fr) f
• Gujarati: ઉર્દૂ (gu) (urdū)
• Hindi: उर्दू (hi) (urdū)
• Malay: Urdu

• Persian: اردو‎ (fa) (ordu)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у̏рду m

  Roman: ȕrdu (sh) m

• Urdu: اردو‎ (ur) (urdū)

See also

• Hindi
• Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu
• Category:Urdu language

• Urdu poetry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ur, ISO 639-3 code urd
• Ethnologue entry for Urdu, ur
• Urdu Dictionary: http://urduseek.com/

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Etymology

Ultimately from Persian اردو‎ (ordu), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈurdu/

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• Hyphenation: Ur‧du

Proper noun

Urdu n

1. Urdu (language)

Anagrams

• duur, Ruud

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Pronunciation

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Noun

Urdu n

1. the Asian language Urdu

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Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Urdu

1. Urdu (language)