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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa लक्कुड (lakkuḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟 (lakkuḍa), from Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “club”). Compare Gujarati લાકડું (lākḍũ, “wood”), Marathi लाकूड (lākūḍ, “wood”).
Pronunciation
Noun
लकड़ी • (lakṛī) f (Urdu spelling لَکْڑی)
- stick
- Synonyms: छड़ी (chaṛī), दंड (daṇḍ), डंडा (ḍaṇḍā)
- wood, timber
Declension
Declension of लकड़ी (fem ī-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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लकड़ी
lakṛī
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लकड़ियाँ
lakṛiyā̃
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| oblique
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लकड़ी
lakṛī
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लकड़ियों
lakṛiyõ
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| vocative
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लकड़ी
lakṛī
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लकड़ियो
lakṛiyo
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References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakuṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 629
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “lakṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 877
- “लकड़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.