how come there are so many z’s in urdu words? for a language derived from Hindi, I wonder!
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urdu is not derived from hindi :p
its a mixture of turkish, farsi, arabic and maybe some hindi (or sanskrit) too prolly?
"urdu" literally means army/tent in turkish and it was coz the soldiers who campes in the subcontinent were from all these areas and they spoke a mix so urdu came abt
Z in urdu is ZWAAD and ZAAL and ZE and ZOYAY - we got 4 alphabets for the Z sound :D
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just to make it difficult for Hindi speakers...Aesay to Phir Jindagi main hota hay.
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^ exactly... and PHir bhee Indians say Urdu was derived from Hindi !!!
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So they couldn’t even get that right with Urdu? 
Why in the hell would you put a ‘z’ when it clearly calls for a “j” stupid urdu people. That is the problem with made up languages..like urdu and ebonics..nomesayn!
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zindagi does sound sweeter than jindagi, I'll admit.
oh come on irem, there is so much commonality between Hindi and Urdu, one can practically understand urdu if you know hindi!
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yaar Atlantis, you and your questions are exactly like lost city of Atlantis 
get your facts right first.
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and they say they DONT have the dream of mahabarath
admit it Atlantis :p
quit looking for similarities :D we R different.... :D
Hindi != Urdu
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Similarity and origin are two different things
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guys & gals - please don't get hung up on the derived from Hindi part ...my main question is what's the origin of the Z's...is arabic farsi or turkish full of them?
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Thank all Gods!
phew!
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^ 
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You are absolutlely righ! No wonder Indians prounounce ‘zip code’ jeep code.
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^ stupid Indians. They should stick to teh 4000 languages and not fk with english..unless in a call center.
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That’s inglisch they speak in those call centers? That incomprehensible theeter butair lingo? toba astaghfaar.
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I was with you till the astafastaghaarta crap. Is that urdu?
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because those z’s are from Farsi (persian) not hindi.
Shab-O-Roz hota hai tamasha meray aagay
Bazeecha-e-atfaal hai duniya meray aagay :halo:
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^ or one of my fav sheyrs:
Umr-e-daraa*z* maang karr laaye thei chaar din
Do ar*zu me katt gaye do intez*aar meiN
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lol, who taught you that?
Urdu was created by stripping Hindi of the Devanagari script in favor of the Perso-Arabic script, and by adding Persian/Farsi vocabulary (and a small amount of Arabic vocabulary)…that is where the Z’s come from.
it is classified as a Sanskritic language, and simply has extra foreign vocabulary and a foreign script. the foundation of grammar and core vocabulary is identical to Hindi, and unrecognizable to Arabs/Persians/Turks.
the common Pakistani Urdu-speaker and the common Indian Hindi-speaker speak neither pure Urdu nor pure Hindi…they speak what was referred to as “Hindustani” by the British. this is the language found in Bollywood films and on the street.
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yeah urdu definitely has more of a persian and arabic influence, while hindi has less of that influence. but both are from the same family..and both have an equal amount of sanskrit..i mean...just cuz u speak hindi..doesn't mean u understand sanskrit..sanskrit is mad hard..but i honestly don't see a huge difference..i understand urdu just fine..and i understand hindi just fine..and i think that applies to most people..whether they want to admit it or not.