is a combination of two languages ie hindustani and persian that is why it was at one time called rekhta which means hybrid since it is a combination of two languages hindustani and persian the question arises is it a special kind of persian or a special kind of hindustani the answer is that it is a special kind of hindustani not a special kind of persian why because the verbs in urdu are all in hindustani the language to which a sentence belongs is determined by the verbs used in it supposing i say mr ram you and your wife aaiye to my house tomorrow night for dinner at 8 pm this sentence has 16 words of which 15 are in english but it is a hindustani sentence not an english sentence because the verb the aaiye is in hindustani in urdu all the verbs are in simple hindi which is called hindustani or khadi boli for example ghalib says dekho mujhe jo deedaeibratnigaah ho meree suno jo goshenaseehatniyosh hai the verbs dekho suno hai are all simple hindi though the nouns or adjectives may be persian or arabian it is the verb which determines the language to which a sentence belongs and the verbs in urdu are all in simple hindi it has to be so otherwise it is not urdu and this shows that urdu is an indigenous language unlike arbian and persian which are foreign languages urdu has a dual nature because it is a combination of hindustani and persian hindustani is the language of the common man while persian is the language of aristocrats where did persian come from persian is the language of persia how did it land up in india to explain this it has to be noted that it often happens that the elite or upper class of a society speaks a foreign language for instance in india and pakistan the elite speaks english in europe upto the end of the 19th century the russian aristocrats spoke to each other in french though a russian aristocrat would talk to his servant in russian similarly a german aristocrat would talk to another german aristocrat in french but he would talk to his servant in german french was the language of the elite in large parts of europe for many centuries the elite wants to distinguish itself from the common people in india persian was the language of the court and of the elite for centuries although persian originated in persia it later spread to much of south asia this was because persian writers like hafiz firdausi sadi rumi omar khayyam etc developed persian as a language of sophistication culture etiquette and dignity and that was adopted by large parts of south asia including india it was the court language of india for several hundred years akbars foreign minister todarmal passed an order that all court records throughout the mughal empire will be maintained in persian urdu is the combination of hindustani and persian