لوک سبھا

Urdu

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from لوک‎ (lok, “the people; public”) +‎ سَبھا‎ (sabhā, “house”), perhaps borrowed from Hindi लोक सभा (lok sabhā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /loːk‿sə.bʱɑː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /loːk‿sə.bʱɑː/
Hyphenation: لوک‧سَ‧بَھا

Proper noun

لوک سَبَھا • (lok sabhā) f (Hindi spelling लोक सभा)

Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India)
Hypernym: اَیوَانِ زیرِیں‎ (aivān-e zerī̃)

Coordinate term: رَاجْیَہ سَبَھا‎ (rājya sabhā)

Further reading

“لوک+سبھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“لوک+سبھا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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