ਲਸਕਰੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /⁠laškar⁠/). Related to ਲਸਕਰੀ (lasakarī, “soldier”). Compare Old Hindi लसकर (lasakara).

Noun

ਲਸਕਰੁ (lasakaru) m

1. army

Descendants

• Punjabi: laśkar

  Gurmukhi script: ਲਸ਼ਕਰ

  Shahmukhi script: لَشکَر

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਲਸਕਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 257
• “ਲਸਕਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025