लकड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa लक्कुड (lakkuḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟 (lakkuḍa), from Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “club”). Compare Gujarati લાકડું (lākḍũ, “wood”), Marathi लाकूड (lākūḍ, “wood”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lək.ɽiː/, [lɐk.ɽiː]

Noun

लकड़ी • (lakṛī) f (Urdu spelling لَکْڑی)

1. stick

   Synonyms: छड़ी (chaṛī), दंड (daṇḍ), डंडा (ḍaṇḍā)

2. wood, timber

Declension

Declension of लकड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लकड़ी lakṛī	लकड़ियाँ lakṛiyā̃
oblique	लकड़ी lakṛī	लकड़ियों lakṛiyõ
vocative	लकड़ी lakṛī	लकड़ियो lakṛiyo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lakuṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 629
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “lakṛī”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 877
• “लकड़ी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.