لوک سبھا

Urdu

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from لوک (lok, “the people; public”) +‎ سَبھا (sabhā, “house”), perhaps borrowed from Hindi लोक सभा (lok sabhā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /loːk sə.bʱɑː/
  • Hyphenation: لوک‧سَ‧بَھا

Proper noun

لوک سَبَھا • (lok sabhā) f (Hindi spelling लोक सभा)

  1. Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India)
    Hypernym: اَیوَانِ زیرِیں (aivān-e zerī̃)
    Coordinate term: رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا (rājya sabhā)

Further reading

  • “لوک+سبھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لوک+سبھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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