لالا
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Khalaj[edit]
Noun[edit]
لالا (lâla) (definite accusative لالاݧ, plural لالالار)
Declension[edit]
Declension of لالا
Malay[edit]
Noun[edit]
لالا (plural لالا-لالا or لالا۲, informal 1st possessive لالاکو, 2nd possessive لالامو, 3rd possessive لالاڽ)
Persian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [lɑː.lɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [lɒː.lɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lɔ.lɔ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | lālā |
Dari reading? | lālā |
Iranian reading? | lâlâ |
Tajik reading? | lolo |
Etymology 1[edit]
Sound-symbolic; compare English lullaby, lull.
Noun[edit]
لالا • (lâlâ)
Interjection[edit]
لالا • (lâlâ)
- Used to hush a baby to sleep.
Etymology 2[edit]
A nursery word probably originally referring to brothers; compare Baluchi لالا (lálá, “brother”), Pashto لالا (lālā, term used to address an elder brother).
Noun[edit]
لالا • (lâlâ)
- (archaic) tutor; especially, tutor of royal princes or other noble children
- (colloquial Dari) elder brother
Descendants[edit]
- → Azerbaijani: lələ
- → Hindustani: lālā
- Urdu: لالا (lālā)
- → Khalaj: lâla
- → Ottoman Turkish: لالا (lâlâ)
- Turkish: lala
- → Ushojo: لالا
Ushojo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
لالا (lālā)
Categories:
- Khalaj lemmas
- Khalaj nouns
- Khalaj terms in Arabic script
- Malay lemmas
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms in Arabic script
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian childish terms
- Persian interjections
- Persian terms with archaic senses
- Persian colloquialisms
- Dari
- Ushojo terms borrowed from Dari
- Ushojo terms derived from Dari
- Ushojo lemmas
- Ushojo nouns