लोहा

See also: लोह, लहू, and लोहू

Hindi

Chemical element
लो	Next: केत्वातु (ketvātu) (के)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha), from Sanskrit लोह (lohá). Doublet of लोह (loh), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /loː.ɦɑː/, [loː.ɦäː]

Noun

लोहा • (lohā) m (Urdu spelling لوہا)

1. iron

Declension

Declension of लोहा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लोहा lohā	लोहे lohe
oblique	लोहे lohe	लोहों lohõ
vocative	लोहे lohe	लोहो loho

Derived terms

• लोहा जारेय (lohā jārey, “iron oxide”)
• लोहा(२) जारेय (lohā(2) jārey, “iron (II) oxide”)
• लोहार (lohār, “blacksmith”)
• लोहिया (lohiyā, “made of iron”)
• कच्चा लोहा (kaccā lohā, “pig iron”)

Adjective

लोहा • (lohā) (Urdu spelling لوہا)

1. very hard, very strong

Declension

Declension of लोहा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	लोहा lohā	लोहे lohe	लोही lohī	लोही lohī
oblique	लोहे lohe	लोहे lohe	लोही lohī	लोही lohī
vocative	लोहे lohe	लोहे lohe	लोही lohī	लोही lohī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• lohā (Latin script)
• 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• লোহা (Bengali script)
• ලොහා (Sinhalese script)
• လောဟာ or လေႃႁႃ (Burmese script)
• โลหา (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᩣᩉᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂລຫາ (Lao script)
• លោហា (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄮𑄦𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

लोहा (lohā)

1. Devanagari script form of lohā, which is ablative singular of लोह (loha, “metal”)