Urdu

Ur·du  (rd, ûr-)

n.

An Indic language that is the official literary language of Pakistan, essentially identical to Hindi in its spoken form but in its literary form heavily influenced by Persian and Arabic and written in an Arabic alphabet.

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[Urdu urd, short for zabn-i urd : Persian zabn, language, tongue + Persian -, of the + Persian urd, camp, court (from Old Turkic ordu, residence, court).]

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Urdu adj.

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Urdu [ˈʊəduː ˈɜː-]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) an official language of Pakistan, also spoken in India. The script derives primarily from Persia. It belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family of languages, being closely related to Hindi but containing many Arabic and Persian loan words

[from Hindustani (zabāni) urdū (language of the) camp, from Persian urdū camp, from Turkish ordū]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Urdu - the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script Sanskrit, Sanskritic language - (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes

Translations

Urdu [ˈʊəduː] N (Ling) → urdu m

Urdu [ˈʊə^rduː] n → ourdou m, urdu m

Urdu

n → Urdu nt

Urdu [ˈɜːduː] n → urdu m

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Urdu [ˈɜːduː] n → urdu m