Urdu-English/English-Urdu Practical Dictionary

Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and one of the official languages of India. It is the first language of about 70 million people and is spoken by over 230 million people worldwide. Urdu is a part of the Hindustani language family, and is mutually intelligible with Hindi. Using the Nasta’liq style of the Persian alphabet, Urdu is traditionally associated with the Muslim population of the region, while Hindi (using the Devanagari script) is connected with the Hindu ...