Urdu
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- noun
- /ˈʊərduː/
- I am studying Urdu to communicate better with my relatives in Pakistan.
- Urdu language
- Urdu media
- Urdu handwriting
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Watch on YouTubeThat's why they speak Punjabi as their first language rather than Urdu or English would be their third language then.
- That's why they speak Punjabi as their first language rather than Urdu or English would be their third language then.
Examples
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Urdu-speaking teachers from around the world should be sent to Pakistan to help.
Academic text (2000) -
To get Pakistani public opinion, you have to follow the Urdu press.
Blog text (3) -
I'm in the middle of my Urdu lesson.
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Alex is a member of our Urdu congregation.
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I can speak four languages fluently: English, Urdu, Punjabi, and Arabic.
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Inferences about gender were made reliably and accurately in both Urdu and English.
Academic text (1996) -
A little-known Pakistani schoolgirl started writing a diary for the BBC's Urdu Service when she was 11 years old.
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Since most Pakistanis' only source of information on the drone program is the Urdu-language media, they are exposed to a steady stream of negative stories about the drone strikes.
Academic text (2014) -
Hamid and Loewenthal (1996) found that bilingual Pakistani participants made accurate judgments about author gender in both Urdu and English.
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In the formative phase after 1947, the Muhajirs/Urdu-speaking community emerged as a dominating group that earned senior positions in the bureaucracy and military due to their education and entrepreneurial skill set.
Academic text (2018)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Urdu comes from an old Turkish and Persian word ordu meaning 'camp' or 'army', because it began as the 'language of the camp' used by soldiers and people from many regions. That's why Urdu mixed words from different languages and later became a common literary language in Pakistan and parts of India.