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For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Urdu ( / ˈʊərduː /; اردو, [ʊɾˈduː] ⓘ; ALA-LC:Urdū) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. [10] [11] It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, where it is also an official language alongside English. [12]
- Urdu Alphabet
The Urdu alphabet (Urdu: اردو حروفِ تہجی, romanized: urdū...
- Hindi–Urdu Controversy
The station board of Hapur Junction railway station in...
- Urdu-speaking People
Native speakers of Urdu are spread across South Asia. The...
- Eighth Schedule to The Constitution of India
The Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India lists...
- Dakhini
Deccani (دکنی, dakanī or دکھنی, dakhanī) or Deccani Urdu is...
- Urdu Alphabet
The Urdu Wikipedia ( Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا ), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu -language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 9 May 2024, it has 205,613 articles, 179,149 registered users and 14,215 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th ...
- Wikimedia Foundation and the Urdu Wiki community
- 169,711
- 27 January 2004; 19 years ago
- Wikimedia Foundation
An old street-scene in Lahore. According to oral traditions, Lahore was named after Lava, son of the Hindu god Rama, who supposedly founded the city. Lahore Fort has a vacant temple dedicated in honour of Lava. Likewise, the Ravi River that flows through northern Lahore was said to be named in honour of the Hindu goddess Durga.
Feb 15, 2018 · Urdu is widely known as the national language (قومی زبان/qaumi zabaan where "zabaan" is a fem. noun) of Pakistan, but it is also one of India’s 22 official languages (سرکاری زبان/sarkaari zabaan). Modern Standard Urdu, once commonly known as a variant of Hindustani (ہندوستانی), a colloquial language combining the ...
Apr 13, 2024 · Urdu is closely related to Hindi, a language that originated and developed in the Indian subcontinent. They share the same Indo-Aryan base and are so similar in phonology and grammar that they appear to be one language. In terms of lexicon, however, they have borrowed extensively from different sources—Urdu from Arabic and Persian, Hindi from ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 31, 2020 · In fact, the samples of Khari Boli from 1000 AD to 1193 AD have been recognized as ‘Ancient Urdu’. In the earliest samples of Khari Boli nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs generally end at the long vowel sound ‘aa’ represented by alif, the first letter in the Urdu alphabet.
Turkish form of Babur. Babur m Urdu. From a Persian word meaning "tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India. Bobur m Uzbek. Uzbek form of Babur. Danish m Urdu. From Persian دانش (danesh) meaning "knowledge, learning". Fateh m Urdu, Azerbaijani.
