लसूण

See also: लसण

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi लसण (lasaṇa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀲𑀡 (lasaṇa) or 𑀮𑀲𑀼𑀡 (lasuṇa), from Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna). Cognates include Bengali রসুন (rośun), Gujarati લસણ (lasaṇ), Hindi लहसुन (lahsun), Urdu لہسن (lahsun), Marwari लसण (lasaṇ), Nepali लसुन (lasuna).

Noun

लसूण • (lasūṇ) m

1. garlic

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लसूण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “láśuna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press