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/

• Audio (PK)

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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)

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.