लोग
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोक (loká), via Old Hindi लोग (loga), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀕 (loga).
Use as a plural marker in some dialects is probably generalization of हम लोग (ham log, “us”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]लोग • (log) m pl (Urdu spelling لوگ)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- सब लोग (sab log, “everybody”)
Particle
[edit]लोग • (log)
- (Northeast India) marks the plural number
- लड़की लोग लंबा हो रा है।
- laṛkī log lambā ho rā hai.
- The girls are getting tall.
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Anvita Abbi, Maansi Sharma (2014) “Hindi as a Contact Language of Northeast India”, in Defining the Indefinable: Delimiting Hindi, Studies in Oriental Culture and Literature
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