Question

Urdu words are taken from___________________.
A] Hindi and Punjabi
B] Punjabi and Sanskrit
C] Tamil and Marathi
D] Hindi, Persian and Turkish

Answer 1

Hint: The Urdu language descends from the Indo-Aryan clan as one of the commonly used languages. In modern times, Urdu is spoken as a first language by nearly 70 million people and as a second language by more than 100 million people, most of them living in Pakistan and India. It is the official state language of Pakistan and is also considered as a language in the territory under the constitution of India. Other communities who speak the language exist in the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States as well.

Complete Answer:
The Urdu language was believed to be developed around the 12th century CE in ancient north-western India, serving as a linguistic modus vivendi after the Muslim conquest. Urdu is closely related to Hindi in terms of pronunciation and Arabic in terms of style. The language was handled by the Muslim communities in the north for a long time and later due to migration, it is now present across the continent.
The Urdu language is believed to be a mixture of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish vocabularies that were entered in the Indian subcontinent by traders, invaders, and preachers. The Turkish language reached India through invaders or rulers whereas Arabic was introduced by traders. When the invaders got restricted, the language was localized and merged with Hindi. Persian, the most influential of the three, remained the language of invaders, traders, and preachers over the centuries. When people of all three languages remained in the same geography, Urdu was formed.
So, the correct answer is Option D.

Note: Urdu was also referred to by British administrators as the language of India. Due to this, it got priority over Persian. In colonial India, ordinary Muslims sometimes referred to the language as Hindustani, and in the nineteenth century, Hindus spoke the same. Elites from religious Muslim and Hindu cultures wrote the language in courts and government offices in the Perso-Arabic script, while Hindus continued to use the Devanagari script in some literary and religious contexts.