لال بیگ

Urdu

Etymology

Probably a back-formation from لال بیگی (lāl begī, “Lal Begi”), the name of a Dalit community whose traditional occupation is sweeping, due to the large presence of cockroaches in work environments of sweepers.

Also influenced by لال (lāl, “red”).

Noun

لال بیگ • (lāl beg) m

  1. (Pakistan) cockroach
    Synonyms: تِل چَٹّا (til caṭṭā), چَپْڑَا (capṛā)

Declension

Declension of لال بیگ
singular plural
direct لال بیگ (lāl beg) لال بیگ (lāl beg)
oblique لال بیگ (lāl beg) لال بیگوں (lāl begõ)
vocative لال بیگ (lāl beg) لال بیگو (lāl bego)

References

  • “بیگ}} لال بیگ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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