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Many people of Pashtun origin are also diversely scattered and principally settled in the plains of northern and central India, known as the Pathans. [120] [121] [122] The majority of Indian Pathans are Urdu-speaking people, [123] who have assimilated into the local society over the course of generations. [123]
Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 29 January 2023. ^ "Profile of Muhammad Daud Khan Achakzai". Senate of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2023. ^ Charlotte Hille (6 May 2020). Jadoon tribe.
Khwaja Haidar Ali Atish, Atish (1778–1846) Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Zauq (1789–1854) Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, Ghalib (1797–1869) Chhannu Lal Dilgeer, Ghulam Hussain (1780–1848)
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Urdu ( / ˈʊərduː /; اردو, [ʊɾduː] ⓘ; ALA-LC: Urdū) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. [10] [11] It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan, where it is also an official language alongside English. [12]
Urdu is the national language and the lingua franca of Pakistan, and while sharing official status with English, it is the preferred and dominant language used for inter-communication between different ethnic groups. [3] [4] Numerous regional languages are spoken as first languages by Pakistan's various ethnolinguistic groups.
Culture of Pakistan. The culture of Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی ثقافت Pākistāni S̱aqāfat) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity. [1] The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South Asia, Middle East and Central Asia.
A takhallus ( Urdu: تخلّص, Persian: تخلّص, Hindi: तख़ल्लुस ), is a pen-name. Pen names were widely adopted by Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and Persian poets. [1] Takhallus is an Arabic word which means, literally, "to get liberated" or "become secure;" [2] [3] the word has been borrowed in Hindi-Urdu and Punjabi to mean "pen ...
Urdu literature originated sometime around the 14th century in present-day North India among the sophisticated gentry of the courts. Amir Khusrau, who lived in the thirteenth century, wrote and gave shape to the Rekhta dialect (The Persianized combination of Hindavi), which was the early form of Modern Standard Urdu.