लवा
Hindi
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Alternative forms
[edit]- लौआ (lauā)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit लब (labá) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[1] Cognate with Bhojpuri लउआ (lauā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]लवा • (lavā) m (Urdu spelling لؤا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of लवा (masc ā-stem)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “labá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 635
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लवा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 888
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लवा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4269
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “लवा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 669