Origin of Urdu
Urdu means "(military) camp" in the Hindustani language, from Turkish ordu meaning "army"; and Urdu language was the language of the camp, when Nader Shah of Persia (Iran) invaded South Asia. Nader Shah set up his camp in modern day Pakistan, and from here the Khariboli speaking natives regardless of religion and the Persian speaking Iranians (Persians) mingled together and a third language, Urdu emerged. It is bridge between the two branches of Indo-Iranian language. Today Urdu has adapted a lot of Arabic and Persian words because of many migrants from Iran and the Middle East adapted this language. Urdu language like other South Asian languages, is also very welcoming to other international languages; especially vocabulary from English Language.
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