urdu

[US]/ˈuədu:/
[UK]/ˈʊrdu/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. An official language of the Indian subcontinent, belonging to the Indo-European family.

Phrases & Collocations

Urdu language

Urdu script

Urdu literature

Real-world Examples

Urdu is the mother tongue of only a minority of Pakistani children.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Urdu, the lingua franca of Pakistan, is necessary but less familiar.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ordered the government to adopt Urdu as the main official language.

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

It would have been absurd not to cover a soon-to-be president because his name is naughty in Urdu.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This guy? - What, am I speaking Urdu?

Source: Supernatural Season 2

Students are also taught English as well as the local language, Urdu.

Source: VOA Special May 2018 Collection

And you're gonna need a translator, either Urdu or Pashto.

Source: The Newsroom Season 2

In Pakistani Punjab the new Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, which took power in the province last year, is to reverse the previous government's move from Urdu to English.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It was only with aspirin and something Fay concocted for me that I was able to finish my linguistic analysis of Urdu verb forms and send the paper to the International Linguistics Bulletin.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Do you know which is the second most spoken language in England? Is it: a) Polish b) Urdu or c) French I think I know this one, Rob. I'm going to say a) Polish.

Source: 6 Minute English

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