لوڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • لوڈ (loḍ) (dialectal)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

لوڑ • (loṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋੜ)

  1. need, necessity
    • 1997, بابُو جاوید گَرجاکھی [bābū jāved garjākhī], چِٹّا کاں [ciṭṭā kāṉ, White Crow], Lahore, →OCLC, page 8:
      اپنے آپ نوں پردے وچ لکان دی کیہ لوڑ اے؟
      apṇe āp nūṉ parde vicc lukāṇ dī kīh loṛ ae?
      What's the need to hide yourself behind a veil?

Declension

Declension of لوڑ
singular plural
direct لوڑ (loṛ) لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
oblique لوڑ (loṛ) لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
vocative لوڑے (loṛe) لوڑو (loṛo)
ablative لوڑوں (loṛoṉ) لوڑاں (loṛāṉ)
locative لوڑی (loṛī) لوڑِیں (loṛīṉ)
instrumental لوڑِیں (loṛīṉ) لوڑے (loṛe)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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