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Urdu

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An Indo-Aryan language, closely related to Hindi, spoken mainly in Pakistan and parts of North India.
"Urdu is written using a script derived from Persian and Arabic."
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Relating to the Urdu language or its speakers.
"They watched an Urdu film with English subtitles."

How to Use Urdu

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In plain EnglishThe national language of Pakistan, very close to Hindi in speech but written in a different script.

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Etymology

From Persian and ultimately Turkic ordu, "army camp" — the language grew out of the speech used in military camps in Mughal-era India. It shares this root with the English word "horde."

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