ਲਸਕਰੁ
Old Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian لشکر (laškar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (lškl /laškar/). Related to ਲਸਕਰੀ (lasakarī, “soldier”). Compare Old Hindi लसकर (lasakara).
Adverb
ਲਸਕਰੁ (lasakaru) m
- army
Descendants
- Punjabi: laśkar
- Gurmukhi: ਲਸ਼ਕਰ
- Shahmukhi: لَشکَر
Further reading
- Christopher Shackle (2011) A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 257.
- “ਲਸਕਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2021.