لوڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• لوڈ (loḍ) (dialectal)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /loː.ɽə̆/

Noun

لوڑ • (loṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋੜ)

1. need, necessity
   • 1997, بابُو جاوید گَرجاکھی [bābū jāved garjākhī], چِٹّا کاں [ciṭṭā kāṉ, White Crow], Lahore, →OCLC, page 8:

     اپنے آپ نوں پردے وچ لکان دی کیہ لوڑ اے؟

     apṇe āp nūṉ parde vicc lukāṇ dī kīh loṛ ae?

     What's the need to hide yourself behind a veil?

Declension

Declension of لوڑ

	singular	plural
direct	لوڑ (loṛ)	لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
oblique	لوڑ (loṛ)	لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
vocative	لوڑے (loṛe)	لوڑو (loṛo)
ablative	لوڑوں (loṛoṉ)	لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
locative	لوڑی (loṛī)	لوڑِیں (loṛīṉ)
instrumental	لوڑِیں (loṛīṉ)	لوڑے (loṛe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025