लाला

See also: लाल and लोला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لاله (lâle).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

1. tulip

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• লালা (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
• লালা (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• လာလာ (Burmese script)
• લાલા (Gujarati script)
• ਲਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
• លាលា (Khmer script)
• ລາລາ (Lao script)
• ലാലാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଲାଲା (Odia script)
• ꢭꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ලාලා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
• லாலா (Tamil script)
• లాలా (Telugu script)
• ลาลา (Thai script)
• ལཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

लाला • (lālā) stem, f

1. saliva, spittle, slobber

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0898.