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orda

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples, sometimes referred to as a horde.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

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

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: орда (orda) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Belarusian: арда́ (ardá) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Bulgarian: о́рда (órda) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斡耳朵 (wò'ěrduǒ) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • French: horde — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • German: Horde — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Japanese: オルド (orudo) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Kazakh: орда (orda) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Korean: 오르도 (oreudo) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Kyrgyz: ордо (ordo) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Macedonian: орда (orda) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Mongolian: орд (ord) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠳ᠋ᠤ (ordu) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Polish: horda — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Russian: орда́ (ordá) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Tatar: урда (urda) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples
  • Ukrainian: орда́ (ordá) — (historical) a political and military organizational structure used by Turkic and Mongol peoples