اوردو

See also: أوردو

Chagatai

Etymology

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

Noun

اوردو (ordu)

1. camp, place of standing of the army or its ruler

Descendants

• Uyghur: ئوردۇ (ordu)
• Uzbek: oʻrdu
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: اُردو

  Hindi: उर्दू (urdū)

References

• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “اوردو”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 54

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

اوردو • (urdu)

1. Urdu