لکڑی

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa लक्कुड (lakkuḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀟 (lakkuḍa), from Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa). Compare Gujarati લાકડું (lākḍũ, “wood”), Marathi लाकूड (lākūḍ, “wood”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lək.ɽiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: لَک‧ڑی

Noun

لَکْڑی • (lakṛī) f (Hindi spelling लकड़ी)

1. stick

   Synonyms: چَھڑی (chaṛī), ڈَنْڈا (ḍanḍā)

2. wood, timber

Declension

Declension of لکڑی
	singular	plural
direct	لکڑی (lakṛī)	لکڑِیاں (lakṛiyā̃)
oblique	لکڑی (lakṛī)	لکڑِیوں (lakṛiyō̃)
vocative	لکڑی (lakṛī)	لکڑِیو (lakṛiyō)

References

• “لکڑی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لکڑی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.