لوڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • لوڈ (loḍ) (dialectal)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

لوڑ • (loṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋੜ)

  1. (uncountable) 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?

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “لوڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
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