اردو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *or- (“place of staying of the army; army”).

Noun

اردو • (ordu)

1. camp
2. army

Descendants

• Turkish: ordu
• → Arabic: عُرْضِيّ‎ (ʕurḍiyy)
  • → Amharic: ዕርድ (ʿərd)
  • → Tigre: ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)
  • → Tigrinya: ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)

Persian

Etymology

From Turkic (→ Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen orda). Compare horde.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /uɾˈduː/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˈduː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /oɾˈduː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /uɾˈdu/

Noun

اردو • (ordu) (plural اردوها‎ (ordu-hâ))

Dari	اردو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	урду (urdu)

1. horde
2. (Iran) camping
3. (Dari) army

Proper noun

اردو • (ordu)

1. Urdu

Adjective

اردو • (ordu)

1. Urdu

Related terms

• زبان اردو‎ (zabân-e ordu)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊɾ.d̪uː/

• Audio (PK)

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• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

Shortened from اردوئے معلی‎ (urdū-e mu’allá), from Old Hindi زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-i urdū-e mu’allá), borrowed from Classical Persian زُبانِ اُردُویِ مُعَلیٰ‎ (zubân-i urdû-yi mu'allā, “language of the royal camp”).

Proper noun

اُرْدُوْ • (urdū) f

1. the Urdu language

   Synonym: لشکری‎ (laśkarī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian اردو‎ (urdû), from Turkic.

Noun

اُرْدُوْ • (urdū) f

1. (military, rare) army, camp

   Synonym: لشکر‎ (laśkar)

References

• “اردو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اردو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.