1. urdu - Noun
2. urdu - Adjective
3. Urdu - Proper noun
The language more generally called Hindustanee.
Source: Webster's dictionaryUrdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus. Ismail Merchant
A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish. Ismail Merchant
When I speak, my Urdu isn't very good but when I sing I make sure there are no flaws in my diction. Lata Mangeshkar
For all these reasons one would expect a host of studies on fatwas. But then one would reckon without our intellectuals. It is yet more proof of the fact that our intellectuals have seceded from our country; that there is hardly a study in either English or Urdu on the fatwas. Arun Shourie
I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian. Juan Cole
I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available. Satya Nadella