| 释义 |
Definition of Urdu in English: Urdunoun ˈəːduːˈʊəduː mass nounAn Indic language closely related to Hindi but written in the Persian script and having many loanwords from Persian and Arabic. It is the official language of Pakistan, and is also widely used in India and elsewhere. 乌尔都语（与印地语有密切关系的一种印度语支的语言，用波斯文字母书写，有许多波斯和阿拉伯语外来词，是巴基斯坦的官方语言并通行于印度等地，全世界约有5, 000万使用者） Example sentencesExamples - In spite of making Urdu the second official language in some States, the decline has continued.
- She began to write from the right hand side of the page as if she were writing Urdu.
- The spoken form of Urdu is the same as that of Hindi but it is written in a different script than Hindi.
- He regretted that though Urdu language is used in speaking, its script is vanishing.
- It noted there was only limited promotional material in Urdu or any other Asian language.
- Two thirds of the pupils speak Urdu or Punjabi as their mother tongue.
- Often piled in corners, they were written in Arabic, German, Urdu and English.
- An Urdu speaker was available if needed to act as translator, although in the event he was not needed.
- Her first months were spent in language school, where she became proficient in Urdu.
- He saw old manuscripts and spoke about similarities of Urdu, Arabic and Persian.
- The proof of the popularity of Urdu in North India is in the sale of Urdu verse in Hindi script.
- When I was growing up, the only language I ever heard was either Urdu or Hindustani.
- The petition was the outcome of a mass movement in support of Urdu language.
- Similar books had been written in Arabic and Urdu, but this was the first of its kind in English.
- This includes discussions between the defendants and the informant in both Arabic and Urdu.
- He spoke to me in chaste Urdu and I had to make do with my ungrammatical Hindi.
- He learned Persian, Urdu and Bengali and took an interest in the ancient Sanskrit language.
- Copies of the film are being made in English and Urdu and will be distributed to all schools in south Bradford.
- His mother tongue was Punjab and the medium of instruction in school was Urdu.
- It is without question that more people speak Hindi or Urdu than Spanish.
OriginFrom Persian (zabān-i-)urdū '(language of the) camp' (because it developed as a lingua franca after the Muslim invasions between the occupying armies and the local people of the region around Delhi), urdū being from Turkic ordu (see horde). horde from Old English: A horde was originally a tribe or troop of nomads, such as the Tartars led by Genghis Khan, who migrated from place to place in search of new pasture or plunder. The word comes from Polish horda, which is itself from Turkish ordu ‘royal camp’, from which the language name Urdu (late 18th century) also derives. The word is often confused with hoard (Old English) a Germanic word for ‘a secret stock or store’.
Definition of Urdu in US English: Urdunoun An Indic language closely related to Hindi but written in the Persian script and having many loanwords from Persian and Arabic. It is the official language of Pakistan, and is also widely used in India and elsewhere. 乌尔都语（与印地语有密切关系的一种印度语支的语言，用波斯文字母书写，有许多波斯和阿拉伯语外来词，是巴基斯坦的官方语言并通行于印度等地，全世界约有5, 000万使用者） Example sentencesExamples - He learned Persian, Urdu and Bengali and took an interest in the ancient Sanskrit language.
- It is without question that more people speak Hindi or Urdu than Spanish.
- When I was growing up, the only language I ever heard was either Urdu or Hindustani.
- Two thirds of the pupils speak Urdu or Punjabi as their mother tongue.
- The spoken form of Urdu is the same as that of Hindi but it is written in a different script than Hindi.
- The petition was the outcome of a mass movement in support of Urdu language.
- Similar books had been written in Arabic and Urdu, but this was the first of its kind in English.
- He spoke to me in chaste Urdu and I had to make do with my ungrammatical Hindi.
- The proof of the popularity of Urdu in North India is in the sale of Urdu verse in Hindi script.
- He regretted that though Urdu language is used in speaking, its script is vanishing.
- In spite of making Urdu the second official language in some States, the decline has continued.
- He saw old manuscripts and spoke about similarities of Urdu, Arabic and Persian.
- She began to write from the right hand side of the page as if she were writing Urdu.
- His mother tongue was Punjab and the medium of instruction in school was Urdu.
- It noted there was only limited promotional material in Urdu or any other Asian language.
- An Urdu speaker was available if needed to act as translator, although in the event he was not needed.
- Copies of the film are being made in English and Urdu and will be distributed to all schools in south Bradford.
- Her first months were spent in language school, where she became proficient in Urdu.
- Often piled in corners, they were written in Arabic, German, Urdu and English.
- This includes discussions between the defendants and the informant in both Arabic and Urdu.
OriginFrom Persian (zabān-i-)urdū ‘(language of the) camp’ (because it developed as a lingua franca after the Muslim invasions between the occupying armies and the local people of the region around Delhi), urdū being from Turkic ordu (see horde). |