Urdu

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.

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.

Translations

ourdou

Urdu

Urduca

urdu

urdú

Urdu

urdu

urdu

urdu

Ουρντού

Urdu

Urdu

الأردية

język urdu

اردو