ਲਾਇਕੁ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لایق (lāyiq), from Arabic لَائِق (lāʔiq).

Adjective

ਲਾਇਕੁ (lāiku)

1. worthy

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਲਾਇਕ (lāika)

  Shahmukhi script: لائق (lā'iq)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਲਾਇਕੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 259.
• “ਲਾਇਕ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024