rekhta

Updated: August 13, 2026

The literary and polite language of Hindustan, called Urdu or Rekhta, was, and still is, so far common to the whole country, that it everywhere consists of a mixture of the same elements, though in varying proportions; and follows the same grammatical rules, though with different accents and idioms.

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan