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Urdu, n. and a.|ˈʊəduː, ˈɜːduː|
Also 8–9 Oordoo.
[a. Hindustani (Pers.) urdū camp (ad. Turkī ordu, etc.: see horde n.), ellipt. for zabān-i-urdū ‘language of the camp’.]
A. n. Formerly, = Hindustani n. 2; in recent use distinguished from Hindustani (the lingua franca) and designated as the official language of Pakistan.
1796J. B. Gilchrist Gram. Hindoostanee Lang. 261 The Rekhtu,..that mixed Dialect, also called Oordoo..or the polished language of the Court. 1813J. Shakespear Gram. Hindustani Lang. 1 The dialect most generally used in India, especially among the Muhammadan inhabitants,..is called Urdū (camp) or Urdū zabān (camp-language). 1824Heber Jrnl. 6 Sept., The boys read Oordoo, Persian, and English. 1847W. Yates Hindustani Dict. Pref., The Hindustaní or Urdú is peculiarly the language of the Muhammadan population of Hindústán. 1872Beames Comp. Gram. Aryan Lang. I. 39 By a curious caprice, Hindi, when it uses Arabic words, is assumed to become a new language, and is called by a new name—Urdu. 1878[see Hindustani n. 2].
Comb.1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 849/2 A collection of stories..in mixed Urdū-Hindī.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to, printed, written, or composed in, Urdu.
1845J. T. Thompson (title), An English and Oordoo, and Oordoo and English Dictionary. 1847W. Yates Hindustani Dict. Pref., In good Urdú writing or conversation. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 847/2 The origin of Urdū literature. Ibid. 848/1 The earliest Urdū authors. |