लोग

See also: लागि, लिंग, लौंग, लग्, and लुंगी

Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोक (loká), via Old Hindi लोग (loga), from .

Use as a plural marker in some dialects is probably generalization of हम लोग (ham log, “us”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /loːɡ/
• Rhymes: -oːɡ

Noun

लोग • (log) m pl (Urdu spelling لوگ)

1. people

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   हर साल करोड़ों लोग ताज महल देखने आते हैं।

   har sāl karoṛõ log tāj mahal dekhne āte ha͠i.

   Every year, crores of people come to see the Taj Mahal.

   Synonym: लोक (lok)

Declension

Declension of लोग (pl-only masc cons-stem)

	plural
direct	लोग log
oblique	लोगों logõ
vocative	लोगो logo

Derived terms

• सब लोग (sab log, “everybody”)

Particle

लोग • (log)

1. (Northeast India) marks the plural case

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   लड़की लोग/लोक लंबा हो रा है।

   laṛkī log/lok lambā ho rā hai.

   The girls are getting tall.

References

• 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