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اردو

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Ottoman Turkish

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اردو

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ordu (army camp); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆 (ordu), Azerbaijani ordu, Bashkir урда (urda), Kazakh орда (orda), Kyrgyz ордо (ordo), Turkmen orda, Uyghur ئوردا (orda), Uzbek orda and Yakut ордуу (orduu).

Noun

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اردو (ordu) (definite accusative اردویی (orduyu), plural اردولر (ordular))

  1. military camp, a temporary military base provided with tents for the lodging of an army
    Synonym: اردوگاه (ordugâh)
  2. (by extension) army, a highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground operations
    Synonyms: جند (cünd), جیش (ceyiş), چری (çeri), عسكر (ʼasker), لشكر (leşker)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Turkish: ordu (inherited)
  • Albanian: hordhi
  • Northern Kurdish: ordî
  • Arabic: عُرْضِيّ (ʕurḍiyy)
Ordu province

Proper noun

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اردو (ordu)

  1. Ordu (a city and province in the East Black Sea region, Turkey)
    Synonym: بایراملی (bayramlı) (obsolete)

Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Derived from Proto-Turkic *ordu (army, camp) (see Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen orda). Compare horde.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? urdū
Dari reading? urdū
Iranian reading? ordu
Tajik reading? urdu

Noun

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اردو (ordu) (plural اردوها (ordu-hâ))

Dari اردو
Iranian Persian
Tajik урду
  1. horde
  2. (Iran) camping
  3. (Dari) army

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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اُرْدو (ordu)

  1. Urdu

Adjective

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اُرْدو (ordu)

  1. Urdu
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Descendants

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Urdu

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Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Shortened from اردوئے معلی (urdū-e mu’allá), from Middle Hindi زبان اردوئے معلی (zubān-i urdū-e mu’allá), borrowed from Classical Persian زُبَانِ اُرْدُویِ مُعَلّیٰ (zubān-i urdū-yi mu'allā, language of the royal camp).

Proper noun

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اُرْدُو (urdūf (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

Urdu and Hindustani used synonymously by a British linguist of the early 20th century
  1. the Urdu language
  2. Rekhta

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian اردو (urdū), from Turkic.

Noun

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اُرْدُو (urdūf (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

  1. (military, rare) army, camp
    Synonym: لَشکَر

References

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  • اردو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اردو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.