لالہ

See also: لاله and لالە

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), originally from Chagatai لاله (lāla).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɑː.lɑ(ː)/

Noun

لالہ • (lāla) m (Hindi spelling लाला)

1. tulip (plant)
   • مرزا مظہر جانِ جاناں (Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān) :

     لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
     کیا قیامت ہے موؤں کو بھی ستاتی ہے بہار

     lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
     kyā qayāmat hai muõ ko bhī satātī hai bahār

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (chiefly Northern Punjabic Urdu) bro, mate (term to address a male friend or relative, mainly by males)
3. (chiefly Northern Punjabic Urdu) older brother

Declension

Declension of لالہ

	singular	plural
direct	لالَہ (lālah)	لالے (lāle)
oblique	لالے (lāle)	لالوں (lālõ)
vocative	لالے (lāle)	لالو (lālo)

Further reading

• “لالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لالہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.