Where do you think 75% of Urdu vocabulary comes from?It comes from Sanskrit & Prakrit
People from UP CAN speak Hindi without Urdu.
Now try saying one line in Urdu without using मैं आप का की यह तुम तुम्हारा वह है तो तू इस उस और के को ने से ही में पर ना हम भी (all from Sanskrit)
People from UP CAN speak Hindi without Urdu.
Now try saying one line in Urdu without using मैं आप का की यह तुम तुम्हारा वह है तो तू इस उस और के को ने से ही में पर ना हम भी (all from Sanskrit)
In the late 19th century, a famous Urdu linguist named Syed Ahmad Dehlavi compiled Farhang-e-Asafiya, which is considered till date to be the most reliable Urdu Dictionary.
In his dictionary of 55,000 Urdu words, around 75% of the words were actually from Sanskrit and Prakrit.
In his dictionary of 55,000 Urdu words, around 75% of the words were actually from Sanskrit and Prakrit.
Urdu did not fall from sky. It was also born in the Haryana-UP region.
Urdu= a few foreign Perso-Arabic words squatting on Hindi just like Mosques squatting on Temples.
Urdu= a few foreign Perso-Arabic words squatting on Hindi just like Mosques squatting on Temples.
The word Urdu as a language first appears in the couplet of poet Mashafi (c.1800).
Before this, Urdu itself as distinct language from Hindi did not exist. What existed was Hindi or Hindavi.
Before this, Urdu itself as distinct language from Hindi did not exist. What existed was Hindi or Hindavi.
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