ਲੋਕ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loka).

Noun

ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک)

1. people (any collective group of persons)
2. world, universe
3. (in compounds) public, popular, folk

   ਲੋਕ ਕਾਵ‌ਿ ― lok kāva‌i ― folk poetry

Declension

Declension of ਲੋਕ
dir. sg.	ਲੋਕ (lok)
dir. pl.	ਲੋਕ (lok)
	singular	plural
direct	ਲੋਕ (lok)	ਲੋਕ (lok)
oblique	ਲੋਕ (lok)	ਲੋਕਾਂ (lokā̃)
vocative	ਲੋਕਾ (lokā)	ਲੋਕੋ (loko)
ablative	ਲੋਕੋਂ (lokõ)	—
locative	ਲੋਕੇ (loke)	ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)
instrumental	ਲੋਕੇ (loke)	ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)

Derived terms

• ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ f (lok ukatī, “popular saying”)
• ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ m (lok samprak, “public relations”)
• ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ f (lok sabhā, “Lok Sabha”)
• ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ m (lok hit, “public weal”)

Further reading

• “ਲੋਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਲੋਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.