لوک سبھا

Urdu

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from لوک (lok, “the people; public”) +‎ سَبھا (sabhā, “house”), perhaps borrowed from Hindi लोक सभा (lok sabhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /loːk sə.bʱɑː/
• Hyphenation: لوک‧سَ‧بَھا

Proper noun

لوک سَبَھا • (lok sabhā) f (Hindi spelling लोक सभा)

1. Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India)

   Hypernym: اَیوَانِ زیرِیں (aivān-e zerī̃)

   Coordinate term: رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا (rājya sabhā)

Further reading

• “لوک+سبھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لوک+سبھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.