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Urdu

Urdu is the official written language of Pakistan. (noun)

An example of Urdu is the word "adaab" written in Arabic characters.

See Urdu in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an Indo-Aryan language of Pakistan and N India, having the same basic grammar as Hindi but containing many words derived from Persian and Arabic: it is written in Arabic characters and is the official language of Pakistan

See Urdu in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(o͝orˈdo͞o, ûrˈ-)

noun

An Indic language that is the official literary language of Pakistan, essentially identical to Hindi in its spoken form but in its literary form heavily influenced by Persian and Arabic and written in an Arabic alphabet.

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