ਲੋਕ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka).

Noun

ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک)

1. people (any collective group of persons)
2. world, universe
3. (in compounds) public, popular, folk

   ਲੋਕ ਕਾਵ‌ਿ ― lok kāva‌i ― folk poetry

Declension

Declension of ਲੋਕ
dir. sg.	ਲੋਕ (lok)
dir. pl.	ਲੋਕ (lok)
	singular	plural
direct	ਲੋਕ (lok)	ਲੋਕ (lok)
oblique	ਲੋਕ (lok)	ਲੋਕਾਂ (lokā̃)
vocative	ਲੋਕਾ (lokā)	ਲੋਕੋ (loko)
ablative	ਲੋਕੋਂ (lokõ)	—
locative	ਲੋਕੇ (loke)	ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)
instrumental	ਲੋਕੇ (loke)	ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)

Derived terms

• ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ f (lok ukatī, “popular saying”)
• ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ m (lok samprak, “public relations”)
• ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ f (lok sabhā, “Lok Sabha”)
• ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ m (lok hit, “public weal”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লোক (Assamese script)
• ᬮᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
• লোক (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• လောက (Burmese script)
• लोक (Devanagari script)
• લોક (Gujarati script)
• 𑌲𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಲೋಕ (Kannada script)
• លោក (Khmer script)
• ໂລກ (Lao script)
• ലോക (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଲୋକ (Odia script)
• ꢭꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ලොක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
• லோக (Tamil script)
• లోక (Telugu script)
• โลก (Thai script)
• ལོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

ਲੋਕ • (loká) stem, m

1. Gurmukhi script form of लोक

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ਲੋਕ (loká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ਲੋਕਃ lokáḥ	ਲੋਕੌ / ਲੋਕਾ¹ lokaú / lokā́¹	ਲੋਕਾਃ / ਲੋਕਾਸਃ¹ lokā́ḥ / lokā́saḥ¹
Vocative	ਲੋਕ lóka	ਲੋਕੌ / ਲੋਕਾ¹ lókau / lókā¹	ਲੋਕਾਃ / ਲੋਕਾਸਃ¹ lókāḥ / lókāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ਲੋਕਮ੍ lokám	ਲੋਕੌ / ਲੋਕਾ¹ lokaú / lokā́¹	ਲੋਕਾਨ੍ lokā́n
Instrumental	ਲੋਕੇਨ lokéna	ਲੋਕਾਭ੍ਯਾਮ੍ lokā́bhyām	ਲੋਕੈਃ / ਲੋਕੇਭਿਃ¹ lokaíḥ / lokébhiḥ¹
Dative	ਲੋਕਾਯ lokā́ya	ਲੋਕਾਭ੍ਯਾਮ੍ lokā́bhyām	ਲੋਕੇਭ੍ਯਃ lokébhyaḥ
Ablative	ਲੋਕਾਤ੍ lokā́t	ਲੋਕਾਭ੍ਯਾਮ੍ lokā́bhyām	ਲੋਕੇਭ੍ਯਃ lokébhyaḥ
Genitive	ਲੋਕਸ੍ਯ lokásya	ਲੋਕਯੋਃ lokáyoḥ	ਲੋਕਾਨਾਮ੍ lokā́nām
Locative	ਲੋਕੇ loké	ਲੋਕਯੋਃ lokáyoḥ	ਲੋਕੇਸ਼ੁ lokéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic