Meaning of the word urdu in English

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urdu

US /ˈʊr.duː/
UK /ˈʊr.duː/
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Noun

1.

an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in Pakistan and India, closely related to Hindi but written in the Perso-Arabic script and with many loanwords from Persian and Arabic.

Example:
She is fluent in both Hindi and Urdu.
Many classical poems are written in Urdu.
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