लाला

See also: लाल and लोला

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑː.lɑː/, [läː.läː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله (lāla), related to لال (lāl, “red”).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

  1. tulip; red poppy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian لالا (lālā).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

  1. a respectful designation (esp. of members of Vaiṣya or Kāyasth communities: as bankers, merchants, tradesmen, schoolmasters, clerks).
  2. a term of respectful address to a father, or father-in-law, or brother-in-law
  3. (Braj Bhāshā) a term of affectionate address to a child

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Sanskrit लाला (lālā).

Noun

लाला • (lālā) m (Urdu spelling لالہ)

  1. saliva

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • লালা (Assamese script)
  • ᬮᬵᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
  • লালা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰩𑰯𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀮𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • လာလာ (Burmese script)
  • લાલા (Gujarati script)
  • ਲਾਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦭꦴꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂪𑂰𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಲಾಲಾ (Kannada script)
  • លាលា (Khmer script)
  • ລາລາ (Lao script)
  • ലാലാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘩𑘰𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠯᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧉𑧑𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐮𑐵𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଲାଲା (Odia script)
  • ꢭꢵꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆬𑆳𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖩𑖯𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ලාලා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩽𑩛𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚥𑚭𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
  • லாலா (Tamil script)
  • లాలా (Telugu script)
  • ลาลา (Thai script)
  • ལཱ་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒪𑒰𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨬𑨊𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from South Dravidian, compare Kannada ಲಾಳ (lāḷa).

Pronunciation

Noun

लाला • (lālā) stem, f

  1. saliva, spittle, slobber

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “लाला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0898.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 100
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