لاکھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लाक्षक (*lākṣaka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /läː.kʰäː/, [läːk.kʰäː]
• Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

لاکّھا • (lākkhā) (feminine لاکھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਖਾ)

1. chestnut, lac dye

   لاکھا:  

2. black, black-skinned, dark-complexioned
3. black, chestnut (of horse)
4. (figuratively) expensive
5. (figuratively) hot
6. (figuratively) furious

Declension

Declension of لاکھا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	لاکھا (lakkhā)	لاکھے (lakkhe)		لاکھی (lakkhī)	لاکھِیاں (lakkhiyāṉ)
oblique	لاکھے (lakkhe)	لاکھیاں (lakkheyāṉ)		لاکھی (lakkhī)	لاکھِیاں (lakkhiyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لاکھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਲਾਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lākṣiká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 638