लात
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (lattā). Related to लताड़ना (latāṛnā). Cognate with Maithili लात (lāt) / 𑒪𑒰𑒞 (lāta), Punjabi ਲੱਤ (latta) / لَتّ (latt), Sindhi لَتَ / लत, Gujarati લાત (lāt), Marathi लाथ (lāth), Bengali লাথি (lathi), Assamese লাথ (lath).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
लात • (lāt) f (Urdu spelling لَات)
- kick, blow given from the foot
- लात मारना ― lāt mārnā ― to kick
- (anatomy, colloquial) leg
- Synonym: टाँग (ṭāṅg)
Declension edit
Declension of लात (masc cons-stem)
Further reading edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lattā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press