اردو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *or- (“place of staying of the army; army”).

Noun

اردو • (ordu)

camp
army

Descendants

Turkish: ordu
→ Arabic: عُرْضِيّ‎ (ʕurḍiyy)
- → Amharic: ዕርድ (ʿərd)
- → Tigre: ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)
- → Tigrinya: ዕርዲ (ʿərdi)

Persian

Etymology

From Turkic (→ Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen orda). Compare horde.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /uɾˈduː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /ʊɾˈduː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /oɾˈduː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /uɾˈdu/

Noun

اردو • (ordu) (plural اردوها‎ (ordu-hâ))

Iranian Persian	اردو
Dari	اردو
Tajik	урду (urdu)

horde
(Iran) camping
(Dari) army

Proper noun

اردو • (Ordu)

Urdu

Adjective

اردو • (ordu)

Urdu

Related terms

زبان اردو‎ (zabân-e Ordu)

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊɾ.d̪uː/
Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

Shortened from اردوئے معلی‎ (urdū-e mu’allá), from Old Hindi زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-e urdū-e mu’allá), borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (zubān-e ordu-e mo'allā, “language of the royal camp”).

Proper noun

اُرْدُوْ • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

the Urdu language
Synonym: لشکری‎ (laśkarī)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (ordu), from Turkic.

Noun

اُرْدُوْ • (urdū) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

(military, rare) army, camp
Synonym: لشکر‎ (laśkar)

References

“اردو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“اردو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.