urdu
Spanish, noun
urdu is spelled U-R-D-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urdu is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Urdu (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, urdú is a different word: “alternative form of urdu”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idioma de la familia indoirania que se escribe en caracteres árabes. Es oficial en Pakistán y los estados de…”.
What does urdu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineUrdu (language)
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of urdu
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Idioma de la familia indoirania que se escribe en caracteres árabes. Es oficial en Pakistán y los estados de Jammu y Cachemira y Andhra Pradesh, en India.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de urdu.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of urdu
- urdú alternative
- urdus plural
- urdús plural
- urdúes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is urdu in Spanish?
urdu appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).