Urdu

SayUUR-doo/ˈʊəɹduː/UK/ˈʊəˌduː/

2 meanings of Urdu

1
proper noun
An Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Pakistan and northern India.
Like a brother of Hindi: the two sound very alike when people talk, but they are written in different letters.
Many families in Karachi speak Urdu at home.
She is learning to read and write Urdu.
SimilarHindustani, Rekhta, Hindvi
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2
adjective
Connected with the Urdu language or with the people who speak it.
She subscribes to an Urdu newspaper printed in Lahore.
The children sang an Urdu song at the school concert.

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It came from Hindustani and Persian. The word goes back to an old Turkic word meaning "army" or "camp."