Urdu
noun
Ur·du
ˈu̇r-(ˌ)dü 
ˈər-
ˈər-
: an Indo-Aryan language that has the same colloquial basis as standard Hindi, is an official language of Pakistan, and is widely used by Muslims in urban areas of India
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Adnan Sami Hailed as the Sultan of Music by the Times of India and awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, Adnan Sami performs Indian and Western music in Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Three of the banners were educational lectures in Arabic and Urdu, and one was an audiotaped theological treatise by al-Maqdisi.
—Brynjar Lia, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2011
The Urdu language is not so wordy, because the words already have so much meaning.
—Peter Helman, SPIN, 30 May 2024
In this manner, speakers of Chickasaw, Tagalog, Urdu, Russian, English and other languages perceive reality differently from one another.
—Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Information would be available in English and also in Arabic, Bengali, Spanish, Urdu and Hebrew.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
The project, which merges folk, experimental music, and Hindu and Urdu poetry, is dense, mythological, and emotionally fraught.
—Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
Former One Direction star Zayn Malik is going back to his roots with a new song released in Urdu, and his brown fans are loving it.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
In the months since, Khan and allies in his party, the Movement for Justice, known by its Urdu acronym PTI, have been subdued by an onslaught of lawfare.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
Three of the banners were educational lectures in Arabic and Urdu, and one was an audiotaped theological treatise by al-Maqdisi.
—Brynjar Lia, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2011
The Urdu language is not so wordy, because the words already have so much meaning.
—Peter Helman, SPIN, 30 May 2024
In this manner, speakers of Chickasaw, Tagalog, Urdu, Russian, English and other languages perceive reality differently from one another.
—Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
Information would be available in English and also in Arabic, Bengali, Spanish, Urdu and Hebrew.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
The project, which merges folk, experimental music, and Hindu and Urdu poetry, is dense, mythological, and emotionally fraught.
—Vrinda Jagota, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
Former One Direction star Zayn Malik is going back to his roots with a new song released in Urdu, and his brown fans are loving it.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
In the months since, Khan and allies in his party, the Movement for Justice, known by its Urdu acronym PTI, have been subdued by an onslaught of lawfare.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Urdu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Urdu. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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