लल्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লল্ (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
• লল্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• လလ် (Burmese script)
• લલ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಲ್ (Kannada script)
• លល៑ (Khmer script)
• ລລ຺ (Lao script)
• ലല് (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᠯ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᠯ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଲଲ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ලල් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
• லல் (Tamil script)
• లల్ (Telugu script)
• ลลฺ (Thai script)
• ལ་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a sound-symbolic formation, and/or from Munda. Compare German lallen (“to babble”) for a similar formation.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐl/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪ɐl̪/

Root

लल् • (lal)

1. to play; to sport; to frolic; to behave loosely or freely
2. to loll or wag the tongue

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 897, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 146
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 438
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 91-92