लू
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- লূ (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬹ (Balinese script)
- লূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- လူ (Burmese script)
- લૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਲੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಲೂ (Kannada script)
- លូ (Khmer script)
- ລູ (Lao script)
- ലൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐹 (Newa script)
- ଲୂ (Odia script)
- ꢭꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖳 (Siddham script)
- ලූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚱 (Takri script)
- லூ (Tamil script)
- లూ (Telugu script)
- ลู (Thai script)
- ལཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *lawH-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- (“to cut off, release”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /luː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /l̪uː/
Root
- to cut off
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- लु॒नाति॑ (lunā́ti, present)
- लुनोति (lunoti, present)
- ल॒वि॒ष्यति॑ (laviṣyáti, future)
- ल॒वि॒ता (lavitā́, periphrastic future)
- अला॑वीत् (álāvīt, aorist)
- लु॒लाव॑ (lulā́va, perfect)
Secondary forms
- लू॒यते॑ (lūyáte, passive)
- अला॑वि (álāvi, passive aorist)
- ला॒वय॑ति (lāváyati, causative)
- अली॑लवत् (álīlavat, causative aorist)
- लुलूषति (lulūṣati, desiderative)
- लोलूयते (lolūyate, intensive)
- लोलोति (loloti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
- लून (lūna, past participle)
- लूत (lūta, past participle)
- लवितुम् (lavitum, infinitive)
- लूत्वा (lūtvā, gerund)
- लावम् (lāvam, gerund)
- लव्य (lavya, gerundive)
- लाव्य (lāvya, gerundive)
- लवितव्य (lavitavya, gerundive)
- लवनीय (lavanīya, gerundive)
Derived nominal forms
- लव॑ (láva)
- लवन (lavana)
- लाव (lāva)
- लावक (lāvaka)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root लू (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root लू (5 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Monier Williams (1899), “लू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0905.
- ^ William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 150