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URDU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Urdu mean?
• URDU (noun)
The noun URDU has 1 sense:
1. the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
Familiarity information: URDU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Urdu" is a kind of...):
Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)
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