लाचार
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian لا چار (lā čār), from لا (lâ, “un-, without”) + چار (čâr, “means”). Do not confuse with लचर (lacar, “yielding, pliant, feeble, flimsy”) from لچر (lačar).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
लाचार • (lācār) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لاچار)
Related terms edit
- बेचारा (becārā)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press