اردو

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Ottoman Turkish

اردو

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Descendants

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

Proper noun

اردو (ordu)

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

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

اردو (ordu) (plural اردوها (ordu-hâ))

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

Derived terms

Proper noun

اُرْدو (ordu)

  1. Urdu

Adjective

اُرْدو (ordu)

  1. Urdu

Descendants

Urdu

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

اُرْدُو (urdūf (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

Term Hindustani and Urdu were synonymous during first decade of the 20th century
  1. the Urdu language
  2. Rekhta

Etymology 2

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

Noun

اُرْدُو (urdūf (Hindi spelling उर्दू)

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

References

  • اردو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • اردو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.