It is written from right to left like Arabic and Persian and in the same script. By the 18th century, Urdu became a well-developed language with a body of literature that consisted mainly of poetry.

ZE, khe and sheen are in fact three letters of Urdu alphabet that denote the sounds z, kh and sh. These are the initials for ...

His poetry resonates in both Hindi and Urdu. The head of the Urdu Department, Prof Aftab Ahmed Afaqi, presenting the welcome address, emphasised that Firaq, through his poetry and literature ...