लोकसभा

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Etymology edit

Sanskritic formation from लोक (lok, the people; public) +‎ सभा (sabhā, house).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /loːk.sə.bʱɑː/, [loːk.sɐ.bʱäː]
  • Hyphenation: लोक‧स‧भा

Proper noun edit

लोकसभा (loksabhāf (Urdu spelling لوک سَبَھا)

  1. Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament)
    Hypernyms: (rare) ऐवान-ए-जेरीं (aivān-e-jerī̃), निम्न सदन (nimna sadan)
    Coordinate term: राज्य सभा (rājya sabhā)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “लोकसभा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 572.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “लोक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 682
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लोक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 901
  • लोक-सभा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.