लोथ

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀮𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀣 (*lottha), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀮𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀣 (*lottha). Cognate with Punjabi ਲੋਥ (loth) / لوتھ (loth), Gujarati લોથ (loth), Marathi लोथ (loth), Nepali लोथ (loth).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /loːt̪ʰ/

Noun

लोथ • (loth) f (Urdu spelling لوتھ)

corpse, dead body
Synonyms: लाश (lāś), शव (śav), जनाज़ा (janāzā), मुरदा (murdā)
- The Bible, Judges 14:9:
  तब वह उस में से कुछ हाथ में ले कर खाते खाते अपने माता पिता के पास गया, और उन को यह बिना बताए, कि मैं ने इस को सिंह की लोथ में से निकाला है, कुछ दिया, और उन्होंने भी उसे खाया
  tab vah us mẽ se kuch hāth mẽ le kar khāte khāte apne mātā pitā ke pās gayā, aur un ko yah binā batāe, ki ma͠i ne is ko sĩh kī loth mẽ se nikālā hai, kuch diyā, aur unhõne bhī use khāyā
  he took some [honey] with his hands, ate a portion thereof and brought the rest to his parents for them to eat without mentioning that it came from the corpse of a lion, and so they too ate honey

Declension

Declension of लोथ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लोथ loth	लोथें lothẽ
oblique	लोथ loth	लोथों lothõ
vocative	लोथ loth	लोथो lotho

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लोथ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lutta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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