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Urdu
Urdu comes from Hindustani; the Hindustani form is not named.
- Hindustanimodernform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Urdu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindustanimodernform not named
- Englishearliest quotation 2023Urdu
Earliest quotation: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice: “‘Urdu was born in the barracks a few hundred…”
Today it means
name Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Urdu