Urdu
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Urdu
- /ˈʊəˌduː/ UK
- /ˈɜːˌduː/ UK
- /ˈʊəɹduː/ US
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun
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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.
‘Urdu was born in the barracks a few hundred years ago, and was spoken by soldiers. It gets its grammar from Hindi, and vocabulary from Persian.’
Similar: Moors, Hindustani, Rekhta, Hindvi, Dehlavi, Lahori, Lashkari, Hindi
adjective
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Of or relating to the Urdu language.
Similar: Lashkari
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hindi, hindustani, hindostani, hindi-urdu, rekhta, lashkari, ordu, urdoo, dakhini, oordoo, urdish, hindavi, moors, urdufication, hindui, hindoostani
Translations
Every language
name the Indo-Iranian language
| Español | urdu |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 우르두어 ureudueo |
| 日本語 | ウルドゥー語 urudū-go |
| 中文 | 烏爾都語 /乌尔都语 Wū'ěrdūyǔ |
| हिन्दी | उर्दू urdū |
| Kiswahili | Kiurdu |
| Português | urdu |
| Français | ourdou |
| Deutsch | Urdu |
| Ελληνικά | Ούρντου Oúrntou |
| Русский | у́рду úrdu |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng Urdu |
| العربية | اَلْأُرْدِيَّة al-ʔurdiyya, أُرْدُو ʔurdū |
Talk about this word "Urdu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/urdu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Urdu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/urdu "Urdu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/urdu.Cite this
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title = {Urdu},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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