лак
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- varnish
- lacquer, lac, lake
- polish, nail polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Lack (varnish, lacquer) derived from Dutch, Flemish lak (calumny) derived from French laque (lacquer) derived from Persian لاک derived from Hindi लाख derived from Sanskrit लाक्षा (a species of plant).
Origin
Sanskrit
लाक्षा
Gloss
a species of plant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lakh English
- lacca Latin
- Farblack German
- Goldlack German
- Lack German
- Lackaffe German
- Lackleder German
- Lackschicht German
- Lackstock German
- lackieren German
- lacca Italian
- lak Dutch, Flemish
- lakdoek Dutch, Flemish
- nagellak Dutch, Flemish
- schellak Dutch, Flemish
- laque French
- laquer French
- laqueur French
- лакировать Russian
- лаковый Russian
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- lakk Norwegian Bokmål
- laca Portuguese
- lak Polish
- laka Polish
- lakk Norwegian Nynorsk
- लक्ष Sanskrit
- लाक्षा Sanskrit
- lak Danish
- لك Arabic
- لَكّ Arabic
- लाख Hindi
- لاک Persian
- лак Bulgarian
- лачен Bulgarian
- لك Omani Arabic