लोग
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोक (loká), via Old Hindi लोग (loga), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀕 (loga).
Use as a plural marker in some dialects is probably generalization of हम लोग (ham log, “us”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
लोग • (log) m pl (Urdu spelling لوگ)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- सब लोग (sab log, “everybody”)
Particle edit
लोग • (log)
- (Northeast India) marks the plural case
- लड़की लोग लंबा हो रा है। ― laṛkī log lambā ho rā hai. ― The girls are getting tall.
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Anvita Abbi, Maansi Sharma (2014) “Hindi as a Contact Language of Northeast India”, in Defining the Indefinable: Delimiting Hindi, Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature