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)

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (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
  • زبان اردو‎ (zabân-e ordu)

Urdu

Pronunciation

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 (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

  1. the Urdu language
    Synonym: لشکری‎ (laśkarī)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

اُرْدُوْ • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

  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.
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