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Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑː.lɑː/,
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), related to لال (lāl, “red”).
Noun
लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)
- tulip; red poppy
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian لالا (lālā).
Noun
लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)
- a respectful designation (esp. of members of Vaiṣya or Kāyasth communities: as bankers, merchants, tradesmen, schoolmasters, clerks).
- a term of respectful address to a father, or father-in-law, or brother-in-law
- (Braj Bhāshā) a term of affectionate address to a child
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sanskrit लाला (lālā).
Noun
लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)
- saliva
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- লালা (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- লালা (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- လာလာ (Burmese script)
- લાલા (Gujarati script)
- ਲਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
- លាលា (Khmer script)
- ລາລາ (Lao script)
- ലാലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଲାଲା (Odia script)
- ꢭꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ලාලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- லாலா (Tamil script)
- లాలా (Telugu script)
- ลาลา (Thai script)
- ལཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from South Dravidian, compare Kannada ಲಾಳ (lāḷa).
Pronunciation
Noun
लाला • (lālā) stem, f
- saliva, spittle, slobber
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “लाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0898.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 100