Old Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

लसकर (lasakara)

  1. camp

Descendants edit

  • Hindustani: laśkar
    Hindi: लश्कर
    Urdu: لَشْکَر (laśkar)

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian لشکر (laškar).

Noun edit

लसकर (laskar?

  1. army
  2. group
  3. camp, encampment

Derived terms edit

References edit

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