Definitions for urduˈʊər du, ˈɜr-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Ur•duˈʊər du, ˈɜr-(n.)
a standardized form of Hindi, written in Arabic script, used by Muslims in India and Pakistan: the official language of Pakistan.
Category: Peoples
Origin of Urdu:
< Urdu, Hindi urdū, extracted from Pers zabān i urdū lit., language of the camp (ult. < Turkic; see horde )
Princeton's WordNet
Urdu(noun)
the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
Wiktionary
Urdu(Adjective)
Of or relating to the Urdu language.
Urdu(ProperNoun)
An Indo-Iranian language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India.
Webster Dictionary
Urdu(noun)
the language more generally called Hindustanee
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