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Punjabi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
لوڑ • (loṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋੜ)
- need, necessity
1997, بابُو جاوید گَرجاکھی [bābū jāved garjākhī], چِٹّا کاں [ciṭṭā kāṉ, White Crow], Lahore, →OCLC, page 8:اپنے آپ نوں پردے وچ لکان دی کیہ لوڑ اے؟- apṇe āp nūṉ parde vicc lukāṇ dī kīh loṛ ae?
- What's the need to hide yourself behind a veil?
Declension
Declension of لوڑ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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لوڑ (loṛ)
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لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
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| oblique
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لوڑ (loṛ)
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لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
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| vocative
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لوڑے (loṛe)
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لوڑو (loṛo)
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| ablative
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لوڑوں (loṛoṉ)
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لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
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| locative
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لوڑی (loṛī)
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لوڑِیں (loṛīṉ)
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| instrumental
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لوڑِیں (loṛīṉ)
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لوڑے (loṛe)
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025