लश्कर

See also: लश्करी

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati

Proto-Iranian *karah

Middle Persian lškl

Classical Persian لَشْکَر (laškar)bor.

Hindi लश्कर (laśkar)

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَشْکَر (laškar).

Displaced Old Hindi लसकर (lasakara). Cognate with Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar), Marathi लष्कर (laṣkar), Punjabi ਲਸ਼ਕਰ (laśkar) / لَشکَر (laśkar), Sylheti ꠟꠡ꠆ꠇꠞ (lośxor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləʃ.kəɾ/, [lɐʃ.kɐɾ]

Noun

लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)

1. army, armed force, military

   Synonyms: सेना (senā), फ़ौज (fauj)

2. encampment, cantonment

   Synonym: छावनी (chāvnī)

3. crew, company (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of लश्कर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लश्कर laśkar	लश्कर laśkar
oblique	लश्कर laśkar	लश्करों laśkarõ
vocative	लश्कर laśkar	लश्करो laśkaro

Descendants

• → English: lascar

Proper noun

लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)

1. Lashkar (a neighbourhood of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)
2. Short for लश्कर-ए-तैयबा (laśkar-e-taiybā).

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लशकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press