lād

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian λαδο (lado, “law”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lād (Nisheigram, Zhonchigal)[1]

  1. right
    Uma lād oy, tuba lād noy.
    I am right, you are not right.
    (Nisheigram)
    Tūbë lād ō.
    You are right.
    (Zhonchigal)

Derived terms

  • alād (“invalid, unjust”) (Zhonchigal)
  • lād k- (“to settle a dispute”) (Nisheigram)
  • lādtā̃ (“high court”) (Zhonchigal)
  • lādṭāw (“court”) (Zhonchigal)

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “lâd”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎
  • Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, pages 1-2
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