ललाट

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ललाट (lalā́ṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lə.lɑːʈ/, [lɐ.läːʈ]

Noun

ललाट • (lalāṭ) m (Urdu spelling للاٹ)

1. (anatomy) forehead, brow

   Synonym: माथा (māthā)

2. destiny, fortune, fate

   Synonyms: भाग्य (bhāgya), तक़दीर (taqdīr), क़िस्मत (qismat)

Declension

Declension of ललाट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ललाट lalāṭ	ललाट lalāṭ
oblique	ललाट lalāṭ	ललाटों lalāṭõ
vocative	ललाट lalāṭ	ललाटो lalāṭo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• रराट (rarāṭa), लालाट (lālāṭa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ললাট (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬮᬵᬝ (Balinese script)
• ললাট (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰩𑰯𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀮𑀸𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• လလာဋ (Burmese script)
• લલાટ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਲਾਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌲𑌾𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦭꦴꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂪𑂰𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಲಾಟ (Kannada script)
• លលាដ (Khmer script)
• ລລາຏ (Lao script)
• ലലാട (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘩𑘰𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠯᠠᢗᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧉𑧑𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐮𑐵𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଲଲାଟ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢭꢵꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆬𑆳𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖩𑖯𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ලලාට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩽𑩛𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚥𑚭𑚔 (Takri script)
• லலாட (Tamil script)
• లలాట (Telugu script)
• ลลาฏ (Thai script)
• ལ་ལཱ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒪𑒰𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨬𑨊𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.lɑ́ː.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐˈl̪ɑː.ʈɐ/

Noun

ललाट • (lalā́ṭa) stem, n

1. (anatomy) forehead, brow

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ललाट (lalā́ṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ललाटम् lalā́ṭam	ललाटे lalā́ṭe	ललाटानि / ललाटा¹ lalā́ṭāni / lalā́ṭā¹
Vocative	ललाट lálāṭa	ललाटे lálāṭe	ललाटानि / ललाटा¹ lálāṭāni / lálāṭā¹
Accusative	ललाटम् lalā́ṭam	ललाटे lalā́ṭe	ललाटानि / ललाटा¹ lalā́ṭāni / lalā́ṭā¹
Instrumental	ललाटेन lalā́ṭena	ललाटाभ्याम् lalā́ṭābhyām	ललाटैः / ललाटेभिः¹ lalā́ṭaiḥ / lalā́ṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	ललाटाय lalā́ṭāya	ललाटाभ्याम् lalā́ṭābhyām	ललाटेभ्यः lalā́ṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	ललाटात् lalā́ṭāt	ललाटाभ्याम् lalā́ṭābhyām	ललाटेभ्यः lalā́ṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	ललाटस्य lalā́ṭasya	ललाटयोः lalā́ṭayoḥ	ललाटानाम् lalā́ṭānām
Locative	ललाटे lalā́ṭe	ललाटयोः lalā́ṭayoḥ	ललाटेषु lalā́ṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: ललाट (lalāṭ)
• → Telugu: లలాటము (lalāṭamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ललाट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0898.