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    The ‘Hindi’ of the ‘Urdu’   (1st March 2008)
     Mehr Afshan Farooqi
          Urdu means “military camp” in Turkish but it does not follow therefore that the language had its origins in military camps. The journey of the language, variously known as Hindi/Hindvi/Dehlvi/Goojri/Rekhta or Dakhani at different periods, to being called Urdu is difficult to explore because of the passionate Hindi-Urdu divide.


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