لالہ

See also: لاله‎ and لالە‎

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاله‎ (lāla), originally from Chagatai لاله‎ (lāla).

Pronunciation

Noun

لالہ • (lāla) m (Hindi spelling लाला)

  1. tulip (plant)
    • مرزا مظہر جانِ جاناں (Mirzā Mazhar Jān-e-Jānān)
      ‏لالۂ گل نے ہماری خاک پر ڈالا ہے شور
      کیا قیامت ہے موؤں کو بھی ستاتی ہے بہار      ‎
      lālā-e-gul ne hamārī xāk par ḍālā hai śor
      kyā qayāmat hai muõ ko bhī satātī hai bahār
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. (colloquial, polite) bro, mate (term to address a male friend or relative, mainly by males)
  3. (by extension, loosely) older brother

Declension
Declension of لالہ
singular plural
direct لالہ‎ (lālah) لالے‎ (lāle)
oblique لالے‎ (lāle) لالوں‎ (lālõ)
vocative لالے‎ (lāle) لالو‎ (lālo)

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