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اردو urdū

T اردو urdū, s.m. Army; camp; market of a camp; s.f. (=urdū zabān), The Hindūstānī language as spoken by the Muhammadans of India, and by Hindūs who have intercourse with them or who hold appointments in the Government courts, &c. (It is composed of Hindī, Arabic, and Persian, Hindī constituting the back-bone, so to speak):—urdū-i-muʻallā, The royal camp or army (generally means the city of Dehli or Shāhjahānābād); the court language (=urdū-i-muʻallā-kī zabān); the Hindūstānī language as spoken in Dehli.