lād

Waigali

Alternative forms

• lāt (Zhonchigal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian λαδο (lado, “law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːd/

Noun

lād (Nisheigram, Zhonchigal)

1. right

   Uma lād oy, tuba lād noy.

   I am right, you are not right.

   (Nisheigram)

   Tūbë lād ō.

   You are right.

   (Zhonchigal)

Derived terms

• alād (“invalid, unjust”) (Zhonchigal)
• lād k- (“to settle a dispute”) (Nisheigram)
• lādtā̃ (“high court”) (Zhonchigal)
• lādṭāw (“court”) (Zhonchigal)

References

• Jakob Halfmann (2023) Lād "law": a Bactrian loanword in the Nuristani languages, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom, pages 1-2