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Ismail Merathi (1844–1917) was an Indian Urdu poet, schoolteacher, and educationist from the Mughal–British era. His poems for children like Nasihat, Barsaat, Humaari Gaye, Subah Ki Aamad, Sach Kaho, Baarish Ka Pehla Qatra, Pan Chakki, Shafaq, and several others are part of the primary school curriculum in Pakistan. [1]
Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).
The university is home to the Maulana Azad Library, which was established in 1998. [8] The library subscribes to 27 periodicals in Urdu, 129 in English, nine in Hindi and 40 popular magazines apart from 13 newspapers in Urdu, English, Telugu and Hindi. [8] The Centre for Urdu Language, Literature & Culture is associated with the university. [9]
An English-Urdu bilingual sign at the archaeological site of Sirkap, near Taxila. The Urdu says: (right to left) دو سروں والے عقاب کی شبيہ والا مندر, dō sarōñ wālé u'qāb kī shabīh wāla mandir. "The temple with the image of the eagle with two heads." Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic ...
Urdu is the sole national, and one of the two official languages of Pakistan (along with English). [103] It is spoken and understood throughout the country, whereas the state-by-state languages (languages spoken throughout various regions) are the provincial languages, although only 7.57% of Pakistanis speak Urdu as their first language. [162]
The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (Urdu: قومی کونسل برائے فروغ اردو زبان, Qaumī Kaunsil barā-yi Farōg̱ẖ-i Urdū Zabān NCPUL) is an autonomous regulatory body in the Government of India. [1] It is the main authority of Urdu language and education in India, being one of two authorities ...
UrduPoint is an Urdu-language web portal in Pakistan, launched on 14 August 2000.As of April 2016, it ranked as the 6th most visited website in Pakistan and held a global rank of 1045 (April 2016).
- Enlarged Urdu letters. - Fixed missing Nuqtas in Devanagari transliteration. 23:40, 10 November 2012: 8,769 × 6,200 (162 KB) Siddhantss10 - Used font Jameel Noori Nastaleeq, which even more justifies the Nastaliq style. - Added letter Noon Ghunna. - Named the numerals as pronounced in Urdu. - Followed ISO:15919 convention for Romanization.