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لوک

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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لوک (lokm (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋਕ)

  1. people (any collective group of persons)
  2. (by extension) society, the world
  3. (in compounds) public, popular, folk

Declension

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Declension of لوک
dir. sg. لوک (lok)
dir. pl. لوک (lok)
singular plural
direct لوک (lok) لوک (lok)
oblique لوک (lok) لوکاں (lokāṉ)
vocative لوکا (lokā) لوکو (loko)
ablative لوکوں (lokoṉ) لوکاں (lokāṉ)
locative لوکے (loke) لوکِیں (lokīṉ)
instrumental لوکوں (lokoṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لوک”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਲੋਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024