the official language of Pakistan, also widely used in India 乌尔都语（巴基斯坦的官方语言，印度也通用） Word Originfrom Persian (zabān-i-)urdū ‘(language of the) camp’ (because it developed as a lingua franca after the Muslim invasions between the occupying armies and the local people of the region around Delhi), urdū being from Turkic (a large group of Western and Central Asian languages) ordu ‘(royal) camp’.