लश्कर
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See also: लश्करी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لشکر (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /laškar/). Superseded the original borrowing Old Hindi लसकर (lasakara). Compare Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar), Marathi लष्कर (laṣkar), Punjabi ਲਸ਼ਕਰ (laśkar) / لَشکَر (laśkar).
Pronunciation
Noun
लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)
- army, armed force, military
- encampment, cantonment
- Synonym: छावनी (chāvnī)
- crew, company (of a ship)
Declension
Declension of लश्कर (masc cons-stem)
Descendants
- → English: lascar
Proper noun
लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)
- Lashkar (a neighbourhood of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)
- Short for लश्कर-ए-तैयबा (laśkar-e-taiybā).
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लशकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Categories:
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek-
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Hrakš-
- Hindi terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Middle Persian
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi masculine nouns
- Hindi masculine consonant-stem nouns
- Hindi proper nouns
- hi:Neighbourhoods in Madhya Pradesh
- hi:Places in Madhya Pradesh
- hi:Places in India
- Hindi short forms
- hi:Nautical occupations
- hi:Military