لالہ
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɑː.lɑ(ː)/
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), from Chagatai لاله (lāla).
Noun
[edit]لالہ • (lāla) m (Hindi spelling लाला)
- tulip (plant)
- مرزا مظہر جانِ جاناں (Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān):
- لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
کیا قیامت ہے موؤں کو بھی ستاتی ہے بہار- lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
kyā qayāmat hai muõ ko bhī satātī hai bahār - The flowered tulip has alkalised our soil
What a disaster, spring torments even hairs
- lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
- لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | لالَہ (lālah) | لالے (lāle) |
| oblique | لالے (lāle) | لالوں (lālõ) |
| vocative | لالے (lāle) | لالو (lālo) |
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Punjabi لَالَہ (lālah), Pashto لالا (lala), Persian لالا (lâlâ).
Noun
[edit]لالہ • (lāla) m (female equivalent لالی (lālī), Hindi spelling लाला)
- a title for a Hindu man
- شنکر لالہ ― śaṅkar lāla ― Mr. Shankar
- (polite) older brother
- Synonyms: بَھیّا (bhaiyā), بَھائی جَان (bhāī jān)
- (regional, Punjabic Urdu, Azad Kashmir) brother (a term of address for a male)
- ۱۹ بچے اور ۴ ٹیچرز، لالہ۔
- 19 bacce aur 4 ṭīcarz, lāla.
- 19 children and 4 teachers, brother.
Further reading
[edit]- “لالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “لالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “لالہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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