Urdu
noun
Ur·du
ˈu̇r-(ˌ)dü 
ˈər-
ˈər-
: an Indo-Aryan language that has the same colloquial basis as standard Hindi, is an official language of Pakistan, and is widely used by Muslims in urban areas of India
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In Chicago, voters can choose to vote in one of 12 languages on touchscreen machines: English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Korean, Tagalog, Gujarati, Urdu, Arabic, Ukrainian, and Russian.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
At an intersection, we got caught between a pair of old red buses, both decorated with South Asian psychedelia—the intricate leaf-and-petal patterns, the Himalayan idylls, the elephants and lotus flowers surrounded by Urdu script, the hanging fringes.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif’s belligerent, rapid-fire Urdu tweets on the U.S. sanctions, which pronounced the death of the alliance, are a good illustration of how this domestic focus could make compromise with the United States difficult.
—Shuja Nawaz, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2018
Adnan Sami Hailed as the Sultan of Music by the Times of India and awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, Adnan Sami performs Indian and Western music in Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
At an intersection, we got caught between a pair of old red buses, both decorated with South Asian psychedelia—the intricate leaf-and-petal patterns, the Himalayan idylls, the elephants and lotus flowers surrounded by Urdu script, the hanging fringes.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif’s belligerent, rapid-fire Urdu tweets on the U.S. sanctions, which pronounced the death of the alliance, are a good illustration of how this domestic focus could make compromise with the United States difficult.
—Shuja Nawaz, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2018
Adnan Sami Hailed as the Sultan of Music by the Times of India and awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, Adnan Sami performs Indian and Western music in Hindi, Urdu, English, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Urdu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Urdu. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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