This textbook will help intermediate students gain advanced levels of proficiency in Urdu. By learning about the mechanics of word-building through contextualising explanations and practical exercises, learners will develop their comprehension skills in reading, writing and speaking. Each module is based on a register from another language and follows the same structure with a self-explanatory introduction illustrated by carefully chosen examples and a range of exercises to improve and test learners' skills. Urdu Vocabulary complements college-level Urdu language and literature courses as well as self-study, making it an ideal resource for students, translators, researchers and scholars. Take your Urdu vocabulary from intermediate to advanced This textbook is designed to develop intermediate students' Urdu language skills to advanced proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking. Each module is based on a register from another language and follows the same structure, with an explanatory introduction illustrated with carefully chosen examples, followed by a range of practical exercises to help you improve and test your skills. Urdu Vocabulary complements college-level Urdu language and literature courses as well as self-study, making it an ideal resource for students, translators, researchers, and scholars. Key features -Improve your vocabulary in the Arabic, Persian, Hindi, and Sanskrit registers of Urdu -Work through progressive exercises to practice your new language skills -Learn more about the culture of Urdu-speaking countries with the discussions of linguistic exchange, literature, and philology -For intermediate learners of Urdu, who are already familiar with Urdu script and basic grammar Gregory Maxwell Bruce is Lecturer in Urdu at the University of California, Berkeley. Take your Urdu vocabulary from intermediate to advancedThis textbook is designed to develop intermediate students' Urdu language skills to advanced proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking. Each module is based on a register from another language and follows the same structure, with an explanatory introduction illustrated with carefully chosen examples, followed by a range of practical exercises to help you improve and test your skills.Urdu Vocabulary complements college-level Urdu language and literature courses as well as self-study, making it an ideal resource for students, translators, researchers, and scholars.Key features•Improve your vocabulary in the Arabic, Persian, Hindi, and Sanskrit registers of Urdu•Work through progressive exercises to practice your new language skills•Learn more about the culture of Urdu-speaking countries with the discussions of linguistic exchange, literature, and philology•For intermediate learners of Urdu, who are already familiar with Urdu script and basic grammarGregory Maxwell Bruce is Lecturer in Urdu at the University of California, Berkeley. Gregory Maxwell Bruce is Assistant Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Picture Gallery (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) which is the first and only English translation of Niga ̄ristān by Muʿīnī Juvainī and is compiled from Edward Rehatsek's (1819–1891) original manuscript, Nigāristān: A Facsimile Edition (Mazda Publishers, 2023), Urdu Vocabulary (Edinburgh University Press, 2021), and Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue (Syracuse University Press, 2020). His shorter writings about the history of Persian and Persianate intellectual history and literature in South Asia can be found, inter alia, in Encyclopaedia Iranica , the Encyclopaedia of Islam , Iranian Studies , and SUFI. N.