اردو
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *or- (“place of staying of the army; army”).
Noun edit
اردو • (ordu)
Descendants edit
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Turkic (→ Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen orda). Compare horde.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔuɾ.ˈduː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔoɹ.d̪úː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔuɾ.d̪ú]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | urdū |
Dari reading? | urdū |
Iranian reading? | ordu |
Tajik reading? | urdu |
Noun edit
اردو • (ordu) (plural اردوها (ordu-hâ))
Dari | اردو |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | урду |
Proper noun edit
اُرْدو • (ordu)
Adjective edit
اُرْدو • (ordu)
Related terms edit
- زبان اردو (zabân-e ordu)
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊɾ.d̪uː/
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Etymology 1 edit
Shortened from اردوئے معلی (urdū-e mu’allá), from Old Hindi زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-i urdū-e mu’allá), borrowed from Classical Persian زَبَانِ اُرْدُویِ مُعَلّیٰ (zabān-i urdū-yi mu'allā, “language of the royal camp”).
Proper noun edit
اُرْدُو • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)
- the Urdu language
- Rekhta
- (historical) the Hindustani language as spoken in Delhi[1]
- Synonym: لَشکَرِی (laśkarī)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian اردو (urdū), from Turkic.
Noun edit
اُرْدُو • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)