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was given to that language. The Perso-Arabic script form of this language underwent a standardisation process and further Persianisation during this period (18th century) and came to be known as Urdu, a name derived from Persian: Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla ('language of the court') or Zaban-e Urdu (???? ????, 'language of the camp'). The etymology of the word Urdu is of Chagatai origin, Ordu ('camp'), cognate with English horde, and known in local translation as

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