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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka).
Noun
ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک)
- people (any collective group of persons)
- world, universe
- (in compounds) public, popular, folk
- ਲੋਕ ਕਾਵਿ ― lok kāvai ― folk poetry
Declension
Declension of ਲੋਕ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ਲੋਕ (lok)
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ਲੋਕ (lok)
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| oblique
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ਲੋਕ (lok)
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ਲੋਕਾਂ (lokā̃)
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| vocative
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ਲੋਕਾ (lokā)
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ਲੋਕੋ (loko)
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| ablative
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ਲੋਕੋਂ (lokõ)
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—
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| locative
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ਲੋਕੇ (loke)
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ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)
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| instrumental
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ਲੋਕੇ (loke)
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ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)
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Derived terms
- ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ f (lok ukatī, “popular saying”)
- ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ m (lok samprak, “public relations”)
- ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ f (lok sabhā, “Lok Sabha”)
- ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ m (lok hit, “public weal”)
References
- ^ “ਲੋਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- ^ Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਲੋਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 684.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লোক (Assamese script)
- ᬮᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
- লোক (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- လောက (Burmese script)
- लोक (Devanagari script)
- લોક (Gujarati script)
- 𑌲𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಲೋಕ (Kannada script)
- លោក (Khmer script)
- ໂລກ (Lao script)
- ലോക (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଲୋକ (Odia script)
- ꢭꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ලොක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
- லோக (Tamil script)
- లోక (Telugu script)
- โลก (Thai script)
- ལོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Noun
ਲੋਕ • (loká) stem, m
- Gurmukhi script form of लोक
Declension