Arabic vs. Urdu

Arabicadjective

Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

Arabicnoun

The language of the Arabians.

Arabicnoun

the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

Arabicadjective

relating to or characteristic of Arabs;

Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, al-ʿarabiyyah [al ʕaraˈbijːa] (listen) or عَرَبِيّ‎, ʿarabīy [ˈʕarabiː] (listen) or [ʕaraˈbij]) is a Semitic language that first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE. It is now the lingua franca of the Arab world. It is named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living in the Arabian Peninsula bounded by eastern Egypt in the west, Mesopotamia in the east, and the Anti-Lebanon mountains and Northern Syria in the north, as perceived by ancient Greek geographers.

Urdunoun

The language more generally called Hindustanee.

Urdunoun

the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Moslems); written in Arabic script

Urduadjective

relating to the Urdu language;

Urdu

Urdu (; Urdu: اُردُو‎, ALA-LC: Urdū) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the official national language and lingua franca of Pakistan.