लोकसभा

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from लोक (lok, “the people; public”) +‎ सभा (sabhā, “house”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /loːk.sə.bʱɑː/, [loːk.sɐ.bʱäː]
Hyphenation: लोक‧स‧भा

Proper noun

लोकसभा • (loksabhā) f (Urdu spelling لوک سَبَھا)

Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament)
Hypernyms: (rare) ऐवान-ए-जेरीं (aivān-e-jerī̃), निम्न सदन (nimna sadan)

Coordinate term: राज्य सभा (rājya sabhā)

Declension

Declension of *लोकसभा* (sg-only fem ā-stem)
	singular
direct	लोकसभा loksabhā
oblique	लोकसभा loksabhā
vocative	लोकसभा loksabhā

Further reading

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “लोकसभा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 572.
Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “लोक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 682
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लोक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 901
“लोक-सभा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.