لالا
Khalaj
editNoun
editلالا (lâla) (definite accusative لالاݧ, plural لالالار)
Declension
editMalay
editNoun
editلالا (plural لالا-لالا or لالا۲, informal 1st possessive لالاکو, 2nd possessive لالامو, 3rd possessive لالاڽ)
Persian
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [lɑː.lɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒː.lɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.lɔ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | lālā |
Dari reading? | lālā |
Iranian reading? | lâlâ |
Tajik reading? | lolo |
Etymology 1
editSound-symbolic; compare English lullaby, lull.
Noun
editلالا • (lâlâ)
Interjection
editلالا • (lâlâ)
- Used to hush a baby to sleep.
Derived terms
edit- لالایی (lâlâyi, “lullaby”)
Etymology 2
editA nursery word probably originally referring to brothers; compare Baluchi لالا (lálá, “brother”), Pashto لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother), Punjabi لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother).
Noun
editلالا • (lâlâ)
- (archaic) tutor; especially, tutor of royal princes or other noble children
- (colloquial Dari) elder brother
Descendants
editUshojo
editEtymology
editNoun
editلالا (lālā)
Categories:
- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj nouns
- Khalaj terms in Arabic script
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms in Arabic script
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian childish terms
- Persian interjections
- Persian terms with archaic senses
- Persian colloquialisms
- Dari
- Ushojo terms borrowed from Dari
- Ushojo terms derived from Dari
- Ushojo lemmas
- Ushojo nouns