Etymology

orda

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Today it means: A political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples, sometimes referred to as a horde. Full definition →

Russian орда́ ← Proto-Turkic *ordu
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  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*ordu
  2. Russian · borrowed fromорда́
  3. English todayorda

From Russian орда́ (ordá) and other sources, all ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ordu. Doublet of horde (which see for more) and Urdu.

Words from the same roots

Russianорда́ all →

horde

Proto-Turkic*ordu all →

hordeUrdu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.