"Urdu" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʊəˌduː/ [UK], /ˈɜːˌduː/ [UK], /ˈʊəɹduː/ [US] Audio: en-us-Urdu.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), from Classical Persian ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Doublet of horde. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ur|اُرْدُو|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Urdu ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), {{bor+|en|ur|اُرْدُو}} Borrowed from Urdu ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), {{der|en|fa-cls|اُرْدُو}} Classical Persian ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), {{der|en|trk-pro|*ordu|t=army, camp}} Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”), {{cog|az|ordu}} Azerbaijani ordu, {{cog|tr|ordu}} Turkish ordu, {{cog|tk|oorda}} Turkmen oorda, {{doublet|en|horde}} Doublet of horde Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Urdu (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to the Urdu language. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: Lashkari Derived forms: Urduwood Related terms: Hindi, Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu Translations (relative to the Urdu language): urdú [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), ourdou [masculine] (French), ourdoue [feminine] (French), ઉર્દૂ (urdū) (Gujarati), उर्दू (urdū) (Hindi), उर्दु (urdu) (Hindi), उरदू (urdū) [feminine] (Hindi), Urdu (Malay), ⁧اردو⁩ (ordu) (Persian), у̏рду [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕrdu [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ⁧اردو⁩ (urdū) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Urdu-en-adj-ynUbZsqS

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʊəˌduː/ [UK], /ˈɜːˌduː/ [UK], /ˈʊəɹduː/ [US] Audio: en-us-Urdu.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), from Classical Persian ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Doublet of horde. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ur|اُرْدُو|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Urdu ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), {{bor+|en|ur|اُرْدُو}} Borrowed from Urdu ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), {{der|en|fa-cls|اُرْدُو}} Classical Persian ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū), {{der|en|trk-pro|*ordu|t=army, camp}} Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”), {{cog|az|ordu}} Azerbaijani ordu, {{cog|tr|ordu}} Turkish ordu, {{cog|tk|oorda}} Turkmen oorda, {{doublet|en|horde}} Doublet of horde Head templates: {{en-prop}} Urdu
  1. Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani. Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms: Moors, Hindustani [historical], Rekhta, Hindvi, Dehlavi, Lahori, Lashkari, Hindi [historical] Translations (the Indo-Iranian language): ⁧أُرْدِيَّة⁩ (ʔurdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧أُرْدُو⁩ (ʔurdū) [masculine] (Arabic), ուրդու (urdu) (Armenian), urdu (Basque), у́рду (úrdu) [feminine] (Belarusian), উর্দু (urdu) (Bengali), urdú [masculine] (Catalan), 烏爾都語 (Chinese Mandarin), 乌尔都语 (wū'ěrdūyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), urdština [feminine] (Czech), urdu [common-gender] (Danish), ⁧އުރުދޫ⁩ (urudū) (Dhivehi), Urdu [neuter] (Dutch), urduo (Esperanto), urdu (Finnish), ourdou [masculine] (French), urdú [masculine] (Galician), ურდუ (urdu) (Georgian), Urdu [neuter] (German), Ούρντου (Oúrntou) (Greek), urdutut (Greenlandic), ઉર્દૂ (urdū) (Gujarati), उर्दू (urdū) [feminine] (Hindi), úrdú [neuter] (Icelandic), ウルドゥー語 (urudū-go) (alt: ウルドゥーご) (Japanese), ಉರ್ದೂ (urdū) (Kannada), ⁧اُردُو⁩ (urduv) (Kashmiri), 우르두어 (ureudueo) (Korean), bahasa Urdu (Malay), Urdu (Malay), उर्दू (urdū) [feminine] (Marathi), उर्दु (urdu) (Nepali), उर्दू (urdū) (Nepali), urdu [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), urdu [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧اردو⁩ (ordu) (Ottoman Turkish), ⁧اُرْدو⁩ (ordu) (Persian), urdu [neuter] (Polish), urdu [masculine] (Portuguese), у́рду (úrdu) [masculine] (Russian), у̏рду [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕrdu [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), උර්දු (urdu) (Sinhalese), උර්දු භාෂාව (urdu bhāṣāwa) (Sinhalese), urdu [masculine] (Spanish), Kiurdu (Swahili), urdu (Swedish), ఉర్దూ (urdū) (Telugu), ภาษาอูรดู (paa-săa uu-rá-duu) (Thai), ኡርዱኛ (ʾurduña) (Tigrinya), Urduca (Turkish), у́рду (úrdu) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ⁧اُرْدُو⁩ (urdū) [feminine] (Urdu), tiếng Urdu (Vietnamese), lurduv (Volapük), Wrdw [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Urdu-en-name-m9BdZJ3P Disambiguation of Languages: 35 65

Alternative forms

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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ordu",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "⁧اردو⁩"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ordu",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "⁧اُرْدو⁩"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "urdu"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "úrdu",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "у́рду"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "у̏рду"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "urdu",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "උර්දු"
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        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "urdu bhāṣāwa",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "උර්දු භාෂාව"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "urdu"
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
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          "word": "ఉర్దూ"
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          "lang": "Thai",
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          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "ภาษาอูรดู"
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          "code": "ti",
          "lang": "Tigrinya",
          "roman": "ʾurduña",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "ኡርዱኛ"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "Urduca"
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        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "úrdu",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "у́рду"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "urdū",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧اُرْدُو⁩"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "word": "tiếng Urdu"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
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        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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      "word": "ուրդու"
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      "word": "উর্দু"
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      "word": "烏爾都語"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wū'ěrdūyǔ",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "word": "乌尔都语"
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      "word": "ურდუ"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "Ούρντου"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
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    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ordu",
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      "word": "⁧اردو⁩"
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "word": "⁧اُرْدو⁩"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "у́рду"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "у̏рду"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ȕrdu"
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      "code": "si",
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      "roman": "urdu",
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      "word": "උර්දු"
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      "code": "si",
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      "word": "උර්දු භාෂාව"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
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      "word": "Kiurdu"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "urdū",
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      "word": "ఉర్దూ"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
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      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "word": "ภาษาอูรดู"
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    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "ʾurduña",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "word": "ኡርዱኛ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "word": "Urduca"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "úrdu",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у́рду"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "urdū",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧اُرْدُو⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "word": "tiếng Urdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "word": "lurduv"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the Indo-Iranian language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wrdw"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Urdu"
}

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    "en:Languages"
  ],
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      "word": "Urduwood"
    }
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      },
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        "3": "اُرْدُو",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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    },
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        "2": "trk-pro",
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        "t": "army, camp"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "az",
        "2": "ordu"
      },
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        "1": "tr",
        "2": "ordu"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tk",
        "2": "oorda"
      },
      "expansion": "Turkmen oorda",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "horde"
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    },
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    },
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      "word": "Hindi-Urdu"
    }
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        "Of or relating to the Urdu language."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊəˌduː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɜːˌduː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊəɹduː/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-Urdu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/En-us-Urdu.ogg/En-us-Urdu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/En-us-Urdu.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Lashkari"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "urdú"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ourdou"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ourdoue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "urdū",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "word": "ઉર્દૂ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "urdū",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "word": "उर्दू"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "urdu",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "word": "उर्दु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "urdū",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "उरदू"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "word": "Urdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ordu",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "word": "⁧اردو⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "у̏рду"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ȕrdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "urdū",
      "sense": "relative to the Urdu language",
      "word": "⁧اردو⁩"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Urdu"
}

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