लाठ
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (laṭṭhi), from Prakrit [script needed] (*laṣṭi), perhaps from a portmanteau of Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “a club”) + यष्टि (yaṣṭi, “(memorial) pillar”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
लाठ • (lāṭh) f (Urdu spelling لاٹھ)
Declension edit
Declension of लाठ (fem cons-stem)
Alternative forms edit
- लाट (lāṭ)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लाठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- ^ Salomon, R. (1998). Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages. United States: Oxford University Press, USA, p. 17
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laṣṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press