ਲੋਕ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka).

Noun

ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک)[1][2]

  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
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”)

References

  1. ^ “ਲੋਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  2. ^ Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਲੋਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 684.

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
singular dual plural
nominative ਲੋਕਃ (lokáḥ) ਲੋਕੌ (lokaú)
ਲੋਕਾ¹ (lokā́¹) 		ਲੋਕਾਃ (lokā́ḥ)
ਲੋਕਾਸਃ¹ (lokā́saḥ¹)
accusative ਲੋਕਮ੍ (lokám) ਲੋਕੌ (lokaú)
ਲੋਕਾ¹ (lokā́¹) 		ਲੋਕਾਨ੍ (lokā́n)
instrumental ਲੋਕੇਨ (lokéna) ਲੋਕਾਭ੍ਯਾਮ੍ (lokā́bhyām) ਲੋਕੈਃ (lokaíḥ)
ਲੋਕੇਭਿਃ¹ (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)
vocative ਲੋਕ (lóka) ਲੋਕੌ (lókau)
ਲੋਕਾ¹ (lókā¹) 		ਲੋਕਾਃ (lókāḥ)
ਲੋਕਾਸਃ¹ (lókāsaḥ¹)
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