Urdu
one of the official languages of Pakistan, a language derived from Hindustani, used by Muslims, and written with Persian-Arabic letters.
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Origin of Urdu
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How to use Urdu in a sentence
Instead, they urge them to speak the more commonly used languages of Urdu or English to better prepare them for schooling and a career.
They claimed that the Urdu language simply could not be associated with a Hindu festival.
Why does India’s Hindu right-wing hate the Urdu language so much? | Shoaib Daniyal | October 26, 2021 | QuartzThe project’s standout is “Mohabbat,” which was adapted from a 19th century Urdu song poem while also seamlessly utilizing vocal jazz techniques and a gentle guitar drone reminiscent of Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California.”
One language group, for example, included the most common languages spoken in India, including Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, and Urdu.
Facebook’s new polyglot AI can translate between 100 languages | Karen Hao | October 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIt remains one of the few internet businesses in the country that supports Urdu language in its app, for instance.
Prosus Ventures leads $13 million investment in Pakistan’s ride-hailing giant Bykea | Manish Singh | September 30, 2020 | TechCrunch
In its place came something which, striving to fuse Urdu and Telugu, seemed to devalue both.
Locals used to teach British officers Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and Persian.
The order came again, in Arabic and Urdu, along with a warning that otherwise access would be achieved with explosives.
Bin Laden’s Life on the Run, Witnessed by Al Qaeda Child Bride | Michael Daly | July 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTApp ka dua go,” Farhan recently implored of me in his native Urdu: “Pray for me.
To the left was West Pakistan, where they ruled, and spoke Urdu, and wrote in an alphabet that flowed like water under wind.
Bangladesh’s Midnight Children: Philip Hensher’s ‘Scenes From Early Life’ | Lucy Scholes | January 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHe spoke Urdu exceedingly well, and it was difficult in the gloom to recognize him as a European.
The Red Year | Louis TracyIf you did not talk Urdu like one of us, sahib, I should bid you die here in peace rather than fall in the first village.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThen he composed himself reverently to listen to fragments, hastily rendered into Urdu.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingShe is the centre of all idleness, intrigue, and luxury, and shares with Delhi the claim to talk the only pure Urdu.
Kim | Rudyard Kipling
British Dictionary definitions for Urdu
/ (ˈʊəduː, ˈɜː-) /
an official language of Pakistan, also spoken in India. The script derives primarily from Persia. It belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family of languages, being closely related to Hindi but containing many Arabic and Persian loan words
Origin of Urdu
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