How to Use Urdu in a Sentence

Urdu

noun
  • The Urdu language is not so wordy, because the words already have so much meaning.
    — Peter Helman, SPIN, 2024-05-30
  • On the track, the former One Direction singer joins the trio on vocals in Urdu.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2024-01-12
  • Children called out to their parents over the sound of the waves in Arabic, Urdu, English and Russian.
    — Vivian Nereim Andrea Dicenzo, New York Times, 2023-08-28
  • The sole witness to the altercation was the car’s driver, who testified at the trial through an Urdu language translator.
    — Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 2025-03-14
  • But per People, when on the stand speaking through an Urdu translator, Sarwar does not repeat that assessment.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 2025-03-20
  • The group also owned newspapers and magazines in the Urdu, Hindi and English languages.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2023-11-15
  • In court Monday, Naveed Sarwar, speaking through an Urdu interpreter, made no such colorful comments.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 2023-12-11
  • Its six pieces unfold as immersive meditations, with the artists drawing from wells of jazz, Urdu poetry, and spirituality.
    — Pitchfork, 2023-12-14
  • On top of the door knockers, there were 100 policy volunteers alone; the campaign launched voter-education outreach in languages like Urdu and Bangla.
    — Mark Chiusano, Time, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Three of the banners were educational lectures in Arabic and Urdu, and one was an audiotaped theological treatise by al-Maqdisi.
    — Brynjar Lia, Foreign Affairs, 2011-05-11
  • The group’s meditative soundscapes, a series of exploratory journeys into inner space, showcase Ms. Aftab’s plaintive vocals in Urdu.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-03-30
  • Although Urdu and Hindi are remarkably similar, their differences take on outsized religious and national significance.
    — Phillip M. Carter, Fortune, 2023-09-27
  • Checkers of my era—their number grew from twenty to twenty-five during my three-year tenure—collectively spoke fifteen languages, including Urdu, Cantonese, Japanese, Arabic, Greek, Russian, and Twi, with a working knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

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