लश्कर

See also: लश्करी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /⁠laškar⁠/). Superseded the original borrowing Old Hindi लसकर (lasakara). Compare Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar), Marathi लष्कर (laṣkar), Punjabi ਲਸ਼ਕਰ (laśkar) / لَشکَر (laśkar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ləʃ.kəɾ/, [lɐʃ.kɐɾ]

Noun

लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)

1. army, armed force, military

   Synonyms: सेना (senā), फ़ौज (fauj)

2. encampment, cantonment

   Synonym: छावनी (chāvnī)

3. crew, company (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of लश्कर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लश्कर laśkar	लश्कर laśkar
oblique	लश्कर laśkar	लश्करों laśkarõ
vocative	लश्कर laśkar	लश्करो laśkaro

Descendants

• → English: lascar

Proper noun

लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)

1. Lashkar (a neighbourhood of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)
2. Short for लश्कर-ए-तैयबा (laśkar-e-taiybā).

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लशकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press