लोकसभा

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from लोक (lok, “the people; public”) +‎ सभा (sabhā, “house”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /loːk.sə.bʱɑː/, [l̪oːk.s̪ə.bʱäː]
  • Hyphenation: लोक‧स‧भा

Proper noun

लोकसभा • (loksabhā) f (Urdu spelling لوک سَبَھا‎)

  1. Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament)
    Hypernyms: (rare) ऐवान-ए-जेरीं (aivān-e-jerī̃), निम्न सदन (nimna sadan)
    Coordinate term: राज्य सभा (rājya sabhā)

Declension
Declension of लोकसभा (sg-only fem ā-stem)
singular
direct लोकसभा
lokasbhā
oblique लोकसभा
lokasbhā
vocative लोकसभा
lokasbhā

Further reading
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “लोकसभा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 572.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “लोक”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 682
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “लोक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 901
  • “लोक-सभा”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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