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लंढन

M

London

लंबा

Long, tall

लक्ष्मीसागर

PN

Lakshmisagara (personal name)

लक्ष्य

M, Adj

(M) Aim; objective; purpose; plan; secondary meaning of a word
(Adj) Observable; noteworthy

लखनऊ

M

Lucknow

To give up a commitment

I

To be attached to, connected to, to adhere to

To seem, to appear

To require, to take

To taste

To begin to + a verb

To be hit or hurt by an object

From the notion of adherence:

• To be burned (sticks to the pot)
• To follow
• To feel
• To be related to
• To be arranged, or set up

When used with धूप (sunshine) or हवा (air, wind) it generally denotes an excess unless modified by an adjective

When used to mean "start" or "begin" the accompanying verb is in the oblique form.

See also:

• में लगना (to be engaged in an activity)
• की नौकरी लगना (to be employed)
• की आँख लगना (to fall asleep)
• में आग लगना (to catch fire)
• में कीड़ा लगना (to be eaten by worms)
• का दिल... में लगना (to have one's heart attached to something)
• का मल... में लगना (to have one's heart attached to something)
• को... की आदत लगना (to become habituated to something)

लगभग

Adv

Approximately, about, near, as far as, along with, almost

लगवाना

C

To cause to apply, to have an agent apply

लगाना

T

To install, attach, apply

• कटे पर सिर्च लगाना (to add misery to the already agonized)
• मन लगाकर (attentively)

लगारा

Adv

Continuously

लघु

Adj

Small

लघुता

F

Smallness

लड़का

M

Boy

लड़कियाँ

F

Girls

लड़की

F

Girl

लड़ना

T

To fight, to quarel

लड़ना-झगड़ना

Fighting and quarreling

लड़ाई

F

Fight, war

See: लड़ाई करना (to engage in a fight)

To engage in a fight

लम्बा

Long, tall

लय

MF

(M) Absorption; devotion; immersion; merging; destruction
(F) Time, rhythm, tune, melody

ललित

Lovely, artistic

लस्सी

F

Lassi

लाइलाज

Adj

Incurable

Oh, do bring it. न as a negative is used to solicit and persuade

लाघवता

Lightness (Tutor)

लाजवाब

Adj

Without answer, speechless; incomparable

लाना

T

To bring

लापता

Adj

Missing; of unknown whereabouts

लाभ

Profit, advantage, benefit, dividend

लाभ-हानि

Gain and/or loss

लायक

A

Worthy, able

See: के लायक (worthy of, fit for, capable of)

लारकी

F

Girl

लाल

Red

लालचंद

PN

Lalachand (personal name)

लालताप्रसाद

PN

Lalataprasad (personal name)

लावारिस

M, Adj

Stray; without heir; orphan

लासिक

SW

Sanskrit word: lasik

लिए

See:

• काहे लिए (why)
• के लिए (for)

To write (for ones own benefit)

T

To write

See: लिख लेना (to write for one's own benefit)

लिखवाना

C

To have an agent write

लिखाना

C

To have an agent write

लिखावट

F

Handwriting, penmanship

लिटवाना

C

To have an agent lay someone or something down

लिटाना

T

To lay something down

लिपि

F

Script

लिफ़ाफ़ा

M

Envelope

लिये

See: के लिये (for)

लुटना

I

To be robbed

लुटवाना

C

To have an agent rob

लूटना

T

To rob

To bring along

To take along

To take away

लेकिन

Conj

But, however

लेख

M

Article

लेखक

Writer, author

लेटना

I

To lie down

लेटाना

T

To lay someone or something down

लेना

T

To take

As part of a compound verb, लेना is used to indicate the completion of a single action and it implies that the action done for the benefit of the subject.

See:

• आपा पीटना लेना (to be devastated)
• उधार देना (to lend)
• उधार लेना (to lend)
• कर्ज़ लेना (to borrow)
• काम हो लेना (for work to be completed)
• किराये पर लेना (to rent from someone)
• चल लेना (to walk, to complete a walk)
• लिख लेना (to write for one's own benefit)
• ले आना (to bring along)
• ले चलना (to take along)
• ले जाना (to take away)
• विहंगम दृष्टि डाल लेना (to take a bird's eye view)
• साथ हो लेना (to accompany, to join)
• से लेकर (from, starting with)

लोक

M

World, universe, cosmological religion, people, folk, society, humanity

लोकप्रिय

Popular

लोक-मंगल

Welfare of the people

लोकोपयोगी

Adj

Publicly useful, philanthropic (Kumar)

लोग

MP

People

लौकिक

Worldly, mundane

लौटना

I

To return