लश्कर
Hindi
noun
Definitions
- army, armed force, military
- encampment, cantonment
- crew, company of a ship
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian لشکر (army) root from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrakš-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-Iranian
*Hrakš-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lascar English
- *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂lek-s-, *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European
- عَسْكَر Arabic
- لشکر Persian
- laskar Indonesian
- لشكر Ottoman Turkish
- ლაშქარი Georgian
- લશ્કર Gujarati
- *Hrakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- लष्कर Marathi
- *Hrakṣ- Proto-Indo-Aryan
- lškl Middle Persian
- लसकर Rajasthani
- लसकरियौ Rajasthani