लोह

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit लोह (lohá)

Noun

लोह  (loh) (gender needed), Urdu spelling لوه

  1. iron (either crude or wrought)
  2. steel
  3. metal
  4. (rare) a weapon
  5. (rare) blood

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Sanskrit

Etymology

Cf. Proto-Indo-European *h₁roudh-os.

Adjective

लोह (lohá)

  1. red, reddish, copper-coloured
  2. made of copper
  3. made of iron

Declension

Noun

लोह (lohá) n and m

  1. red metal, copper

Declension

Noun

लोह (lohá) m

  1. (in later language) iron (either crude or wrought) or steel or gold or any metal
  2. weapon
  3. fish-hook
  4. blood
  5. red goat (compare लोहाज (lohā-ja))
  6. (probably) a kind of bird
  7. name of a man
  8. (in the plural) name of a people

Declension

Noun

लोह (lohá) n

  1. any object or vessel made of iron
  2. aloe wood, Agallochum

Declension

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0908
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