लाला

See also: लाल and लोला

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lɑː.lɑː/, [läː.läː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), related to لال (lāl, “red”).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

1. tulip; red poppy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian لالا (lālā).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

1. a respectful designation (esp. of members of Vaiṣya or Kāyasth communities: as bankers, merchants, tradesmen, schoolmasters, clerks).
2. a term of respectful address to a father, or father-in-law, or brother-in-law
3. (Braj Bhāshā) a term of affectionate address to a child

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit लाला (lālā).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

1. saliva

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• লালা (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• লালা (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• လာလာ (Burmese script)
• લાલા (Gujarati script)
• ਲਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
• លាលា (Khmer script)
• ລາລາ (Lao script)
• ലാലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଲାଲା (Odia script)
• ꢭꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ලාලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• லாலா (Tamil script)
• లాలా (Telugu script)
• ลาลา (Thai script)
• ལཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from South Dravidian, compare Kannada ಲಾಳ (lāḷa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɑː.lɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɑː.l̪ɑː/

Noun

लाला • (lālā) stem, f

1. saliva, spittle, slobber

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0898.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 100