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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀮𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*laṭṭa), possibly related to Sanskrit लट्वा (laṭvā), लता (latā). Cognate with Punjabi ਲਟ (laṭ), Gujarati લટ (laṭ), Nepali लट्टो (laṭṭo), Marathi 𑘩𑘘 (laṭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
लट • (laṭ) f (Urdu spelling لَٹ)
- lock of hair; a hair
- Synonyms: ज़ुल्फ़ (zulf), अलका (alkā)
Declension
Declension of लट (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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लट
laṭ
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लटें
laṭẽ
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| oblique
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लट
laṭ
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लटों
laṭõ
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| vocative
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लट
laṭ
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लटो
laṭo
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References
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লট (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬝ (Balinese script)
- লট (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- လဋ (Burmese script)
- લટ (Gujarati script)
- ਲਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಟ (Kannada script)
- លដ (Khmer script)
- ລຏ (Lao script)
- ലട (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଲଟ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖘 (Siddham script)
- ලට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚔 (Takri script)
- லட (Tamil script)
- లట (Telugu script)
- ลฏ (Thai script)
- ལ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Munda.
Pronunciation
Noun
लट • (laṭa) stem, m
- (dictionaries only) thief
- one who speaks like a child or like a fool
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 895, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 435-436