लाचार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (lā čār), from ‎ (lâ, “un-, without”) +‎ ‎ (čâr, “means”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ/, [l̪äː.t͡ʃäːɾ]

Adjective

लाचार • (lācār) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لاچار‎)

helpless, incapable, powerless
Synonyms: विवश (vivaś), मजबूर (majbūr), निरुपाय (nirupāy)

Related terms

बेचारा (becārā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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