लाश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لاش (lāš), from Middle Persian lšt (/⁠lašt⁠/, “corpse”). Compare Bengali লাশ (laś), Punjabi ਲਾਸ਼ (lāś).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɑːʃ/, [läːʃ]

Noun

लाश • (lāś) f (Urdu spelling لاش)

1. dead body, corpse

   लाश फूलों से ढक गई। ― lāś phūlõ se ḍhak gaī. ― The dead body was covered with flowers.

   उसकी लाश क़ब्र में गड़ गई। ― uskī lāś qabra mẽ gaṛ gaī. ― His corpse was buried in the grave.

2. carcass

   जानवर की लाश सड़क पर पड़ी थी। ― jānvar kī lāś saṛak par paṛī thī. ― The animal's carcass was lying on the road.

Declension

Declension of लाश (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लाश lāś	लाशें lāśẽ
oblique	लाश lāś	लाशों lāśõ
vocative	लाश lāś	लाशो lāśo

Synonyms

• (dead body) शव (śav)
• (carcass) मुरदार (murdār)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “लाश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.