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Ottoman Turkish
اردو
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 ) )
military camp , a temporary military base provided with tents for the lodging of an army
Synonym: اردوگاه ( ordugâh )
( 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
اردو قاضیسی ( ordu kadısı , “ judge-advocate of an army ” ) اردو قالدرمق ( ordu kaldırmak , “ to break up a camp ” ) اردو قورمق ( ordu kurmak , “ to form a camp, to encamp ” ) اردو مركزی ( ordu merkezi , “ headquarters of an army ” ) اردو چیقارمق ( ordu çıkarmak , “ to send an army into the field ” ) اردولق ( orduluk , “ the time when troops are in the field ” ) اردوگاه ( ordugâh , “ military camp ” ) اردوی همایون ( orduyı hümâyun , “ imperial army; imperial camp ” ) قول اردو ( kol ordu , “ wing of an army ” )
Descendants
> Turkish: ordu ( inherited )
→ Albanian: hordhi
→ Northern Kurdish: ordî
→ Arabic: عُرْضِيّ ( ʕurḍiyy ) → Amharic: ዕርድ ( ʿərd ) → Tigre: ዕርዲ ( ʿərdi ) → Tigrinya: ዕርዲ ( ʿərdi )
Ordu province
Proper noun
اردو • (ordu )
Ordu (a city and province in the East Black Sea region , Turkey )
Synonym: بایراملی ( bayramlı ) ( obsolete )
Descendants
Further reading
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Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881 ) “اردو ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français , volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 34
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007 ) “ordu ”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3628
Hindoglu, Artin (1838 ) “اردو ”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français , Vienna: F. Beck, page 22a
Kélékian, Diran (1911 ) “اردو ”, in Dictionnaire turc-français , Constantinople: Mihran, page 67
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687 ) “Castra”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum , Vienna, column 158
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680 ) “اردو ”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum , Vienna, column 139
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002– ) “ordu ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Nişanyan, Sevan (2010– ) “Ordu ”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri (in Turkish)
Redhouse, James W. (1890 ) “اردو ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon , Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 65
Sezen, Tahir (2017 ) “Ordu”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları , 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 589
Persian
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
horde
( Iran ) camping
( Dari ) army
Derived terms
اردوگاه ( ordugâh , “ camp, campsite ” )
Proper noun
اُرْدو • (ordu )
Urdu
Adjective
اُرْدو • (ordu )
Urdu
Descendants
Dari: اردو ( urdū )
Iranian Persian: اردو ( ordu )
Tajik: урду ( urdu ) , Урду ( Urdu )
→ Bengali: উর্দু ( urdu )
→ Gujarati: ઉર્દૂ ( urdū )
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: उर्दू ( urdū )
Urdu: اُرْدُو ( urdū )
→ Kannada: ಉರ್ದೂ ( urdū )
→ Marathi: उर्दू ( urdū )
→ Nepali: उर्दु ( urdu ) , उर्दू ( urdū )
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਉਰਦੂ ( uradū )
Shahmukhi script: اُرْدُو ( urdū )
→ Telugu: ఉర్దూ ( urdū )
Urdu
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 • (urdū ) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू )
Term Hindustani and Urdu were synonymous during first decade of the 20th century
the Urdu language
Rekhta
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian اردو ( urdū ) , from Turkic .
Noun
اُرْدُو • (urdū ) f (Hindi spelling उर्दू )
( 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 .