لالہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), originally from Chagatai لاله (lāla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɑː.lɑ(ː)/
Noun
لالہ • (lāla) m (Hindi spelling लाला)
- tulip (plant)
- مرزا مظہر جانِ جاناں (Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān):
- لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
کیا قیامت ہے موؤں کو بھی ستاتی ہے بہار- lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
kyā qayāmat hai muõ ko bhī satātī hai bahār
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
- لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
- (chiefly Northern Punjabic Urdu) bro, mate (term to address a male friend or relative, mainly by males)
- (chiefly Northern Punjabic Urdu) older brother
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | لالَہ (lālah) | لالے (lāle) |
| oblique | لالے (lāle) | لالوں (lālõ) |
| vocative | لالے (lāle) | لالو (lālo) |
Further reading
- “لالہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “لالہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لالہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.