urdu

«urdu» in Mova's school dictionary: A language spoken mainly in Pakistan and India, written… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (Urdu, uncountable); adjective (Urdu)

meaning for a pupil

1) A language spoken mainly in Pakistan and India, written with an Arabic-style script from right to left. tree →

2) As an adjective, to do with that language, such as Urdu poetry. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons about languages and the world, Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and is spoken by many families in the UK, the USA and Canada. It is very close to Hindi when spoken, but written in a different script. Phrases: speak Urdu, in Urdu, Urdu poetry.

examples

• My friend speaks Urdu with her grandmother. tree →
• Urdu is the national language of Pakistan. tree →
• The sign was written in English and Urdu. tree →
• Urdu is written from right to left. tree →
• We learned to say hello in Urdu. tree →
• Urdu poetry is famous for its love songs called ghazals. tree →

note

Always written with a capital U in English. Not countable: «speaks Urdu», not «an Urdu». Spoken Urdu and Hindi are very similar, but the writing systems differ.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «urdu» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.