The word Urdu (court or camp) stems from the Persianized Turkish word (Ordu) which meant `the camp of a Turkish army`.
North Indian Muslims with their own dialects moved to South and Central India and settled among the Marathas, Kannadigas and Telugus. These dialects formed the basis of a literary speech known as Dakhni or the `Southern Speech`, and was spoken in the Deccan.
Later, north Indian Muslims, who came with Aurangzeb for his conquests down south and some Dakhni writers, saw the possibility of evolving a new language.
This language would be based on the literary traditions of Dakhni and have the Persian script alongwith generous usage of Perso-Arabic words, idioms and theme ideas.
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