लाचार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lā čār), from (lâ, “un-, without”) +‎ (čâr, “means”). Do not confuse with लचर (lacar, “yielding, pliant, feeble, flimsy”) from (lačar).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ/, [läː.t͡ʃäːɾ]

Adjective

लाचार • (lācār) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لاچار)

helpless, incapable, powerless
Synonyms: विवश (vivaś), मजबूर (majbūr), निरुपाय (nirupāy)

Related terms

बेचारा (becārā)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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