लश्कर

See also: लश्करी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /⁠laškar⁠/). Superseded the original borrowing Old Hindi लसकर (lasakara). Compare Bengali লস্কর (loskor), Gujarati લશ્કર (laśkar), Marathi लष्कर (laṣkar), Punjabi ਲਸ਼ਕਰ (laśkar) / لَشکَر (laśkar).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ləʃ.kəɾ/, [lɐʃ.kɐɾ]

Noun

लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)

army, armed force, military
Synonyms: सेना (senā), फ़ौज (fauj)
encampment, cantonment
Synonym: छावनी (chāvnī)
crew, company (of a ship)

Declension

Declension of लश्कर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लश्कर laśkar	लश्कर laśkar
oblique	लश्कर laśkar	लश्करों laśkarõ
vocative	लश्कर laśkar	लश्करो laśkaro

Descendants

→ English: lascar

Proper noun

लश्कर • (laśkar) m (Urdu spelling لَشْکَر)

Lashkar (a neighbourhood of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India)
Short for लश्कर-ए-तैयबा (laśkar-e-taiybā).

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लशकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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