लालटेन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali লন্ঠন (lonṭhon), from English lantern. The Urdu spelling لالٹين (lālṭen) is attested in the آبِ حیات (Āb-e hayāt) in 1880.

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑːl.ʈeːn/, [läːl.ʈẽːn]

Noun

लालटेन • (lālṭen) f (Urdu spelling لالٹین)

  1. lantern

Declension
Declension of लालटेन (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct लालटेन
lālṭen		 लालटेनें
lālṭenẽ
oblique लालटेन
lālṭen		 लालटेनों
lālṭenõ
vocative लालटेन
lālṭen		 लालटेनो
lālṭeno

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लालटेन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लालटेन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1960) “Mutual Borrowing in Indo-Aryan”, in Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute‎, volume 20, number 1, Pune: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, pages 50–62
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