[ noun ] the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script <noun.communication>
Urdu \Ur"du\, n. [Hind. urd[=u].] The language more generally called {Hindustanee}.
"There is a feeling among many Pakistanis that this has not been very fair so far," said a member of the Senate for the right-wing coalition, known by its Urdu initials IJI, which opposes Mrs. Bhutto.
They are in the grip of agony and concern," Ishaq said in Urdu.
Jhelumi, 36, a Moslem, told Swedish television he received death threats after announcing plans last month to translate "The Satanic Verses" into his mother tongue, Urdu.
So until then, the only way you can find out what your government is saying is to ask your Uncle Boris in Minsk or your Aunt Maria in Havana or your cousins who speak Albanian or Amharic or Estonian or Latvian or Urdu or Uzbek.
The population figures exclude refugees from Afghanistan (estimated to number about 3.8m). LANGUAGES Urdu is the national language.
Terse announcements are common in the radio's Pushtu, Farsi, Urdu and English newscasts.
They will hear greetings in 60 languages from Chinese to Welsh to Urdu, including a 7-year-old boy offering salutations from Earth's children.
The Jawi script looks like Arabic or Urdu script.
Urdu is the official language but English is widely used.
We asked in Urdu if the museum could be opened, and surprisingly one of the boys responded, in English, that he would find the caretaker.
Men often conduct their noon prayers on rocks amid the roaring blue waters of the Neelum River, which means turquoise in the Urdu language.