ਲੋਕ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loka).

Noun

ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک‎)

  1. people (any collective group of persons)
  2. world, universe
  3. (in compounds) public, popular, folk
    ਲੋਕ ਕਾਵ‌ਿ ― lok kāva‌i ― folk poetry

Declension
Declension of ਲੋਕ
dir. sg. ਲੋਕ (lok)
dir. pl. ਲੋਕ (lok)
singular plural
direct ਲੋਕ (lok) ਲੋਕ (lok)
oblique ਲੋਕ (lok) ਲੋਕਾਂ (lokā̃)
vocative ਲੋਕਾ (lokā) ਲੋਕੋ (loko)
ablative ਲੋਕੋਂ (lokõ) —
locative ਲੋਕੇ (loke) ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)
instrumental ਲੋਕੇ (loke) ਲੋਕੀਂ (lokī̃)

Derived terms
  • ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ f (lok ukatī, “popular saying”)
  • ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ m (lok samprak, “public relations”)
  • ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ f (lok sabhā, “Lok Sabha”)
  • ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ m (lok hit, “public weal”)

Further reading
  • “ਲੋਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਲੋਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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