اردو

From Proto-Turkic *or- (“place of staying of the army; army”).

اردو • (ordu)

1. camp
2. army

• Turkish: ordu
• → Arabic: عُرْضِيّ (ʕurḍiyy)
  • → Amharic: ዕርድ (ʿərd)
  • → Tigre: ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)
  • → Tigrinya: ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)

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

اردو • (ordu) (plural اردوها (ordu-hâ))

1. horde
2. (Iran) camping
3. (Dari) army

اُرْدو • (ordu)

1. Urdu

اُرْدو • (ordu)

1. Urdu

• زبان اردو (zabân-e ordu)

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊɾ.d̪uː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

Shortened from اردوئے معلی (urdū-e mu’allá), from Old Hindi زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-i urdū-e mu’allá), borrowed from Classical Persian زُبَانِ اُرْدُویِ مُعَلّیٰ (zubān-i urdū-yi mu'allā, “language of the royal camp”).

اُرْدُو • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

Term Hindustani and Urdu were synonymous during first decade of the 20th century

1. the Urdu language
2. Rekhta
3. (historical) the Hindustani language as spoken in Delhi[1]

   Synonym: لَشکَرِی (laśkarī)

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

اُرْدُو • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

1. (military, rare) army, camp

   Synonym: لَشکَر

• “اردو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اردو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.