See also: لاله and لالە

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), originally from Chagatai لاله (lāla).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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لالہ (lālam (Hindi spelling लाला)

  1. tulip (plant)
    • مرزا مظہر جانِ جاناں (Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān) :
      لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
      کیا قیامت ہے موؤں کو بھی ستاتی ہے بہار
      lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
      kyā qayāmat hai muõ ko bhī satātī hai bahār
  2. (chiefly Northern Punjabic Urdu) bro, mate (term to address a male friend or relative, mainly by males)
  3. (chiefly Northern Punjabic Urdu) older brother

Declension

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Declension of لالہ
singular plural
direct لالَہ (lālah) لالے (lāle)
oblique لالے (lāle) لالوں (lālõ)
vocative لالے (lāle) لالو (lālo)

Further reading

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  • لالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • لالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لالہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.