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Urdu

UK/ˈʊəˌduː/ US/ˈɜːˌduː/ uncommon
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

relating to the Urdu language

  • “Urdu poetry”

noun

1.

Origin

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.

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