लाचार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لا چار (lā čār), from لا (lâ, “un-, without”) +‎ چار (čâr, “means”). Do not confuse with लचर (lacar, “yielding, pliant, feeble, flimsy”) from لچر (lačar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ/, [läː.t͡ʃäːɾ]

Adjective

लाचार • (lācār) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لاچار)

1. helpless, incapable, powerless

   Synonyms: विवश (vivaś), मजबूर (majbūr), निरुपाय (nirupāy)

Related terms

• बेचारा (becārā)

References

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