لاکھا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit लाक्षक (*lākṣaka).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /läː.kʰäː/, [läːk.kʰäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective edit
لاکّھا • (lākkhā) (feminine لاکھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਖਾ)
- chestnut, lac dye
- لاکھا:
- black, black-skinned, dark-complexioned
- black, chestnut (of horse)
- (figuratively) expensive
- (figuratively) hot
- (figuratively) furious
Declension edit
| Declension of لاکھا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | لاکھا (lakkhā) | لاکھے (lakkhe) | لاکھی (lakkhī) | لاکھیاں (lakkhīyāṉ) | |
| oblique | لاکھے (lakkhe) | لاکھیْاں (lakkhiyāṉ) | لاکھی (lakkhī) | لاکھیاں (lakkhīyāṉ) | |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لاکھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਲਾਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lākṣiká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 638