Urdu

Meaning

Name

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.

Adj

Of or relating to the Urdu language.

Translations

ourdou

Urdu

Urduca

urdu

urdú

Urdu

urdu

urdu

Ουρντού

Urdu

Urdu

الأردية

اردو

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʊəˌduː/

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani: ordu

Cognate with Turkish: ordu

Cognate with Turkmen: oorda

In summary

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.