लसकर

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Old Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /⁠laškar⁠/). Compare Old Punjabi ਲਸਕਰੁ (lasakaru).

Noun[edit]

लसकर (lasakara)

  1. camp

Descendants[edit]

  • Hindustani: laśkar
    Hindi: लश्कर
    Urdu: لَشْکَر (laśkar)

Further reading[edit]

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 562

Rajasthani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Classical Persian لشکر (laškar).

Noun[edit]

लसकर (laskar?

  1. army
  2. group
  3. camp, encampment

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 297. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press).