Definition of Urdu

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Ur·du    (rd, ûr-) KEY  

NOUN:

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

OTHER FORMS:
Urdu (Adjective)

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