लाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاش (lāš), from Middle Persian lšt (/⁠lašt⁠/, “corpse”). Compare Bengali লাশ (laś), Punjabi ਲਾਸ਼ (lāś).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑːʃ/, [läːʃ]

Noun

लाश • (lāś) f (Urdu spelling لاش)

  1. dead body, corpse
    लाश फूलों से ढक गई। ― lāś phūlõ se ḍhak gaī. ― The dead body was covered with flowers.
    उसकी लाश क़ब्र में गड़ गई। ― uskī lāś qabra mẽ gaṛ gaī. ― His corpse was buried in the grave.
  2. carcass
    जानवर की लाश सड़क पर पड़ी थी। ― jānvar kī lāś saṛak par paṛī thī. ― The animal's carcass was lying on the road.

Declension
Declension of लाश (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लाश
lāś		 लाशें
lāśẽ
oblique लाश
lāś		 लाशों
lāśõ
vocative लाश
lāś		 लाशो
lāśo

Synonyms
  • (dead body) शव (śav)
  • (carcass) मुरदार (murdār)

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