लाई

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀸𑀬 (lāya), from Sanskrit लाज (lājá).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑː.iː/, [l̪äː.iː]

Noun

लाई • (lāī) f (Urdu spelling لائی‎)

  1. parched rice or wheat
    Synonym: लावा (lāvā)

Declension
Declension of लाई (fem ind ī-stem)
singular plural
direct लाई
lāī		 लाइयाँ
lāiyā̃
oblique लाई
lāī		 लाइयों
lāiyõ
vocative लाई
lāī		 लाइयो
lāiyo

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “लाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lājá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Colin P. Masica (1979), “Aryan and non-Aryan elements in North Indian agriculture”, in M. Deshpande and P. E. Hook, editors, Aryan and Non-Aryan in India‎, Ann Arbor: Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan, pages 55–151

Nepali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [läi̯]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: लाइ

Postposition

लाई • (lāī)

  1. to, for
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