Re: How to distinguish Arbi and Farsi words used in urdu ?
European words in Urdu:
Portuguese(Portugali): Almirah, Istari, Kaptaan, Nilaam, Padri, Santara, Balti, Saabun, Aaya, Gamla, Chabi, Toliya, Mistari
French(Francici): Kaju, Kartus, Angrezi(evolved from how French used to say English)
these words came into the desi languages during the French and Portuguese period in the sub-continent.
and some got corrupted too.
the word Urdu came from the Turki word, Ordu, meaning Camp, as Urdu evolved in the camps of Mughal kings when soldiers of many languages and nationality mixed together and formed a common language.