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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 793 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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URDU , the name of that variety of

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Hindostani which borrows a

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GREAT

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PART

part of its vocabulary from

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PERSIA

Persia and Arabic, as contrasted with "

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Hindi," the variety which eschews such words, but borrows from

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SANSKRIT

Sanskrit instead . It is spoken by Mussulmans and those

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HINDUS

Hindus who have come under Mussulman influences, and has a considerable literature . See HINDOSTANI and H1NDOSTANI LITERATURE .

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