sb. and a. Also 8–9 Oordoo. [a. Hindustani (Pers.) urdū camp (ad. Turkī ordu, etc.: see HORDE sb.), ellipt. for zabān-i-urdū ‘language of the camp.’)

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  A.  sb. = HINDUSTANI sb. 3.

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1796.  J. B. Gilchrist, Gram. Hindoostanee Lang., 26. The Rekhtu,… that mixed Dialect, also called Oordoo … or the polished language of the Court.

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1813.  J. Shakespear, Gram. Hindustani Lang., 1. The dialect most generally used in India, especially among the Muhammadan inhabitants,… is called Urdū (camp) or Urdū zabān (camp. language).

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1824.  Heber, Jrnl., 6 Sept. The boys read Oordoo, Persian, and English.

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1847.  W. Yates, Hindustani Dict., Pref. The Hindustani or Urdú is peculiarly the language of the Muhammadan population of Hindustan.

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1872.  Beames, Comp. Gram. Aryan Lang., I. 39. By a curious caprice, Hindi, when it uses Arabic words, is assumed to become a new language, and is called by a new name—Urdu.

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1878.  [see HINDUSTANI sb. 2].

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  Comb.  1880.  Encycl. Brit., XI. 849/2. A collection of stories … in mi ed Urdū-Hindi.

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  B.  adj. Of or pertaining to, printed, written, or composed in, the Hindustani language.

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1845.  J. T. Thompson (title), An English and Oordoo, and Oordoo and English Dictionary.

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1847.  W. Yates, Hindustani Dict., Pref. In good Urdú writing or conversation.

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1880.  Encycl. Brit., XI. 847/2. The origin of Urdū literature. Ibid., 848/1. The earliest Urdū authors.

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