• SHASHI SHEIKH

ABSTRACT: Etymologically the word Urdu itself is Turkish and means ‘army’ or ‘camp’.English word ‘horde’ is said to be connected with it . The Muslim army stationed in Delhi from 1193 onwards was known as the Urdu or Urdu ‘e’ Mualla, the Exalted Army or Royal Army. Their language was known as Urdu Jaban which emanated from intermingling of Arabic and Persian words first with Punjabi and Hariyanvi and later on with ‘Khari Boli’ of Delhi . By the first half of the 14th century,the literature in Urdu reached its zenith and Arabs and Turks became the permanent inhabitants of India . Nehru also remarks that they are now completely Indians and consider India as their Motherland. The eminent scholar Dr. Tara Chand has also pointed out that not only Hindu religion,art. Literature and science adopted the Islamic trends, but it metamorphosed also the soul and and mind of the Hindu Civilization completely. Islam brought a revolutionary change in an age old Indian Civilization .This revolutionary change resulted in the declination and then the revival of the Hindu civilization, giving birth to a new Indo –Islamic culture and civilization .

KEYWORDS: Urdu, Muslims, Islam, local dialects, Khari Boli, Brajabhasha, Awadhi, Deccan Style of Urdu .

"Urdu:A Popular Modern and Urban Tongue An Evolution and Geographical Expansion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.397-400, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907359.pdf

"Urdu:A Popular Modern and Urban Tongue An Evolution and Geographical Expansion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp397-400, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907359.pdf