Inherited fromProto-Iranian*lōka. Cognate withManichaean Middle Persian𐫓𐫇𐫃(lwg).
لوگ• (log)
- house
- home
Semi-learned borrowing fromSanskritलोक(loka).[1]Doublet ofلوک(lok). First attested inc. 1503 asMiddle Hindiلوگ(log).[2]
لوگ• (log) m (Hindi spellingलोग)
- (in theplural)people
- (by extension)folk;family
- (by extension)class,caste
- (women's speech,rustic)man,husband
1868,پیارے لال آشوب دہلوی [Piyare Lal Ashoob Dehlvi],رُسُومِ ہِنْد [rusūm-i hind,The Traditions of Hindustan][1], page48:تیرالوگ پردیس گیا ھے- terālog pardes gayā hai
- Yourman has gone abroad
Declension ofلوگ | singular | plural |
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| direct | لوگ(log) | لوگ(log) |
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| oblique | لوگ(log) | لوگوں(logõ) |
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| vocative | لوگ(log) | لوگو(logo) |
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- ^Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōká¹”, inA Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press,page648
- ^“لوگ”, inاُردُو لُغَت(urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan,2017.
- “لوگ”, inریخْتَہ لُغَت(rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary[Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation,2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “لوگ”, inDigital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
