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Urdu vs Sanskrit - What's the difference?

urdu | sanskrit |

As proper nouns the difference between urdu and sanskrit

is that urdu is an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India while Sanskrit is a classical language of India ("Indian Latin"), a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. Member of Indo-Iranian and thus Indo-European language family.

As an adjective Urdu

is of or relating to the Urdu language.

urdu

English

(wikipedia Urdu)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to the Urdu language.
  • See also

    * Hindi * Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu * * (Urdu poetry)

    sanskrit

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (abbreviation):

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A classical language of India ("Indian Latin"), a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. Member of Indo-Iranian and thus Indo-European language family.
  • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * Classical Sanskrit * Vedic Sanskrit * (sa) * Language list * Wikipedia in Sanskrit * Wiktionary in Sanskrit