लड़का

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See also: लड़को, लड़कों, लड़की, and लड़के

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀮𑀟𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*laḍikka).[1] Related to the lexicographically-attested Sanskrit लाडिक (lāḍika, “boy, servant”), लट्व (laṭva, “dancing boy”) लट (laṭa, “fool”), and thus may ultimately come from लट् (laṭ, “to act like a child”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-).[2] Cognate to Awadhi लड़का (laṛkā), Punjabi ਲਡ਼ਕਾ (laṛkā), Bengali লেড়কা (leṛoka).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ləɽ.kɑː/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: ल‧ड़‧का

Noun

लड़का • (laṛkā) m (feminine लड़की, Urdu spelling لڑکا)

  1. boy
    Synonyms: छोकरा (chokrā), बालक (bālak), पिसर (pisar)
    यह लड़का इतना लंबा नहीं है जितनी उसकी बहन है।
    yah laṛkā itnā lambā nahī̃ hai jitnī uskī bahan hai.
    This boy is not as tall as his sister.
    यह लड़का मुझे एक आँख नहीं भाता।
    yah laṛkā mujhe ek ā̃kh nahī̃ bhātā.
    I do not like this boy at all.
  2. son
    Synonyms: बेटा (beṭā), पुत्र (putra), पूत (pūt), पिसर (pisar)
    यह मेरे काका का लड़का है। ― yah mere kākā kā laṛkā hai. ― This is my uncle's son.
    मेरा लड़का कल शाम पैदा हुआ था।
    merā laṛkā kal śām paidā huā thā.
    My son was born yesterday evening.

Declension

Declension of लड़का (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct लड़का
laṛkā 		लड़के
laṛke
oblique लड़के
laṛke 		लड़कों
laṛkõ
vocative लड़के
laṛke 		लड़को
laṛko

Descendants

  • → Norwegian: larka

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*laḍikka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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