Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Chagatai اوردو (ordu, camp) which is from Proto-Turkic *or- (place of staying of the army; army), and “the camp” was also the language spoken by the common soldiers. Alternatively উর্দূ (urdū).

Proper noun edit

উর্দু (urdu)

  1. Urdu language.
    Synonym: উর্দু ভাষা (urdu bhaśa)
  2. soldier
  3. army camp, cantonment

References edit