لال

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Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? lāl
Dari reading? lāl
Iranian reading? lâl
Tajik reading? lol

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

لال • (lâl)

  1. mute
  2. speechless
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: لال (lāl)
    > Turkish: lal (inherited)
  • → Armenian: լալ (lal)
  • → Azerbaijani: lal
  • → Uyghur: لال (lal)
  • → Uzbek: lol

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.

Adjective

لال • (lâl)

  1. red
    Synonyms: سرخ (sorx), قرمزی (qermezi)
Descendants

Noun

لال • (lâl)

  1. a red gemstone, cornelian, garnet, spinel, tourmaline
Descendants

References

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 272

Punjabi

Adjective

لال • (lāl) (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਲ)

  1. red

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لال (lāl). Compare Punjabi ਲਾਲ (lāl) / لال (lāl), Gujarati લાલ (lāl), Marathi लाल (lāl), Bengali লাল (lal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

لال • (lāl) (Hindi spelling लाल)

  1. red

Noun

لال • (lāl) m (Hindi spelling लाल)

  1. red color

Synonyms

See also

Colors in Urdu · رنگ (raṅg) (layout · text)
     سفید (safed), ابیض (abyaz)      سرمئی (sarmaī), خاکستری (xākistarī), دھوسر (dhūsar)      کالا (kālā), سیاہ (siyāh), اسود (aswad)
             سرخ (surx), لال (lāl), قرمزی (qarmazī), احمر (ahmar)              مالٹائی (mālṭāī), نارنجی (nāranjī), نارنگی (nārangī); بھورا (bhūrā), بادامی (bādāmī), خاکی (xākī), مٹیالا (maṭiālā)              پیلا (pīlā), زرد (zard), اصفر (asfar), بسنتی (basantī)
             پستہ (pistah), انگوری (aṅgūrī), دھانی (dhānī)              سبز (sabz), ہرا (harā)             
             فیروزی (ferozī)              آسمانی (āsmānī), نیلگوں (nīlgū̃), لاجوردی (lājvardī), آبی (ābī), آبگوں (ābgū̃)              نیلا (nīlā), ازرق (azraq)
             نیل (nīl), بنفشی (banafśī), بنفش (banafś)              جامنی (jāmnī), اودا (ūdā), ارغوانی (arġawānī), بیگنی (beganī), بینگنی (benganī), بینجنی (benjanī)              گلابی (gulābī), پیازی (pīāzī)

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian لال (lâl).

Pronunciation

Adjective

لال • (lal)

  1. dumb, mute

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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