लसकर

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /⁠laškar⁠/). Compare Old Punjabi ਲਸਕਰੁ (lasakaru).

Noun

लसकर (lasakara)

1. camp

Descendants

• Hindustani: laśkar

  Hindi: लश्कर

  Urdu: لَشْکَر (laśkar)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 562

Rajasthani

Etymology

From Classical Persian لشکر (laškar).

Noun

लसकर (laskar) ?

1. army
2. group
3. camp, encampment

Derived terms

• लसकरियौ (laskariyau)

References

• Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 297. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).