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lashkar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
lashkar
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.

name

The Islamic militant Lashkar-e-Toiba (Urdu: لشکرِ طیبه (“Army of the Pure”)), based in Pakistan. Also transliterated as Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, or Lashkar-i-Toiba.

noun

Alternative form of lascar.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati Proto-Iranian *karah Middle Persian lškl Classical Persian لَشْکَر (laškar)bor. Urdu لشکرِbor. English Lashkar Borrowed from Urdu لشکرِ (“army”).

Inflected Forms

lashkars (plural)

Questions

What does lashkar mean?
A city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Where does lashkar come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati Proto-Iranian *karah Middle Persian lškl Classical Persian لَشْکَر (laškar)bor. Urdu لشکرِbor. English Lashkar Borrowed from Urdu لشکرِ (“army”).

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