लोक

See also: लंका

Awadhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loká)

Noun

लोक (lok) (plural लोकन)

  1. world (countable)
    • Tulsidas, संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक :
      तब तीनहुँ लोक भयो अँधियारो।
      tab tīnhũ lok bhayo ãdhiyāro.

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loká). Doublet of लोग (log) and लोअ (loa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /loːk/

Noun

लोक • (lok) m (Urdu spelling لوك‎)

  1. public
    हमारा नेता बड़ा धोखेबाज़ है, पर लोक द्वारा समर्थित है।
    hamārā netā baṛā dhokhebāz hai, par lok dvārā samarthit hai.
    Our leader is a cheat, but he is supported by the public.
    Synonym: जन (jan)
  2. folk
    यह चावल गाँव लोक से आते हैं।
    yah cāval gā̃v lok se āte hain.
    This rice comes from the village folk.
    Synonym: लोग (log)
  3. world
    मौत के समय पर, हर एक आदमी स्वर्ग-लोक पहुँचना चाहते हैं।
    maut ke samay par, har ek ādmī svarg-lok pahũcnā cāhte hain.
    Each and every person wants to go to the world of paradise (heaven) upon their death.

Declension
Declension of लोक
Singular Plural
Direct लोक (lok) लोक (lok)
Oblique लोक (lok) लोकों (lokõ)
Vocative लोक (lok) लोको (loko)

Derived terms

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “लोक”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Konkani

Noun

लोक (lok) (Latin script lok, Kannada script ?)

  1. people

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loká).

Noun

लोक • (lok) m pl

  1. people, folk

References
  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “लोक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “लोक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Noun

लोक m

  1. Devanagari script form of loka

Rajbanshi

Noun

लोक (lok) (classifier ट, plural लोकला)

  1. man

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *lawkás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *láwkas, from Proto-Indo-European *lówk-o-s, from *lewk- (“shine”). Cognate with Latin lūcus (“sacred grove”), Old English lēah (“open field, meadow”) (whence English lea).

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬮᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
  • লোক (Assamese script)
  • লোক (Bengali script)
  • 𑰩𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌲𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
  • લોક (Gujarati script)
  • ꦭꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
  • ಲೋಕ (Kannada script)
  • လောက (Burmese script)
  • ଲୋକ (Oriya script)
  • ꢭꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆬𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖩𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
  • లోక (Telugu script)
  • ལོཀ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒪𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

Noun

लोक • (loká) m (Vedic lauká)

  1. free or open space
  2. world
  3. sight
  4. place

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of लोक (loká)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative लोकः
lokáḥ		 लोकौ
lokaú		 लोकाः / लोकासः¹
lokā́ḥ / lokā́saḥ¹
Vocative लोक
lóka		 लोकौ
lókau		 लोकाः / लोकासः¹
lókāḥ / lókāsaḥ¹
Accusative लोकम्
lokám		 लोकौ
lokaú		 लोकान्
lokā́n
Instrumental लोकेन
lokéna		 लोकाभ्याम्
lokā́bhyām		 लोकैः / लोकेभिः¹
lokaíḥ / lokébhiḥ¹
Dative लोकाय
lokā́ya		 लोकाभ्याम्
lokā́bhyām		 लोकेभ्यः
lokébhyaḥ
Ablative लोकात्
lokā́t		 लोकाभ्याम्
lokā́bhyām		 लोकेभ्यः
lokébhyaḥ
Genitive लोकस्य
lokásya		 लोकयोः
lokáyoḥ		 लोकानाम्
lokā́nām
Locative लोके
loké		 लोकयोः
lokáyoḥ		 लोकेषु
lokéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
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