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urdu

/ˈʊəɹduː/

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What does urdu mean?

adjective

  1. Of or relating to the Urdu language.

proper noun

  1. 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.

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/ˈʊəɹduː/

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Within two years of his first arrival in India he had passed in higher Urdu, in higher Hindi, in Punjabi, and in Pushtoo.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368
It has numerous colloquial appellations, such as chumba or phoolyree (Hindoo), buras (Urdu), cabbore (Singalese), kuttam (Taneil), dhabul (Bengal).
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747