لوڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• لوڈ (loḍ) (dialectal)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /loː.ɽə̆/

Noun

لوڑ • (loṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋੜ)

1. (uncountable) need, necessity
   • 1997, بابُو جاوید گَرجاکھی [bābū jāved garjākhī], چِٹّا کاں [ciṭṭā kāṉ, White Crow], Lahore, →OCLC, page 8:

     اپنے آپ نوں پردے وچ لکان دی کیہ لوڑ اے؟

     apṇe āp nūṉ parde vicc lukāṇ dī kīh loṛ ae?

     What's the need to hide yourself behind a veil?

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024