Hyderabadi Urdu

Hyderabadi Urdu
حیدرآبادی اردو
Native toTelangana, Marathwada region of Maharashtra and Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka
RegionDeccan
EthnicityHyderabadi Muslims
Perso-Arabic (Urdu alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologdakh1244

Hyderabadi (Urdu: حیدرآبادی اردو) is a variety of Dakhini Urdu, spoken in areas of the former Hyderabad State, corresponding to the Indian state of Telangana, the Marathwada region of Maharashtra and the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka.

It is natively spoken by the Hyderabadi Muslims and their diaspora.[1][2] It contains loan words from Indian languages like Marathi, Telugu, Kannada and foreign languages like Arabic, Turkic and Persian.[3] Hyderabadi is considered to be a northern variety of Dakhini.[4]

  1. ^ "Common Expressions: Hyderabadi Urdu". 2011. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. ^ Bhat, Mumtaz Hussain (3 May 2023). "Hyderabad: Siraj and Danish Sait teach fans Dakhni Urdu in viral video". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  3. ^ Kulkarni, M A Naeem and de Souza (1996). Mediaeval Deccan History. Popular Prakashan, Bombay. p. 63. ISBN 9788171545797.
  4. ^ "Hyderabad's unique lingo and sense of humour". www.thehindubusinessline.com. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

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