As a Hindi name
लाट · noun · masculine
किसी प्रांत या देश का सबसे बड़ा शासक । गवर्नर — Śabdasāgara
लाट · noun · masculine
बहुत सी चीजों का वह विभाग या समूह जो एक ही साथ रखा, बेचा या नीलाम किया जाय — Śabdasāgara
लाट · lāṭ · s.f.
= lāṭh, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 944
लाट · lāṭ · adj.
Old, worn, spoiled, dirty (clothes, &c.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 944
लाट · masculine
governor
लाठ · feminine
pillar, column; minaret; axle; pole
Cited formation "लाट" is ला- + ट: ट means "the eleventh consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ला- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(4) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of bn origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Bengali লাট (laṭ), from English lord.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लकुट — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (laṭṭhi), from Prakrit *𑀮𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺 (*laṣṭi), perhaps from a portmanteau of Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “a club”) + य॒ष्टि (yaṣṭí, “(memorial) pillar”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lakuṭa m. = laguḍa, a club, ĀpŚr.; Car.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
worn-out clothes, shabby ornaments
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Dictionary citations
lāṭa m. pl. (fr. rāṣṭra) N. of a people and of a district inhabited by them (= Gk. Λαρικη of Ptolemy), MBh.; Var. &c.
(sg.) a king of the Lāṭas, Kathās.
the country of the Lāṭas, Uttamac.
lāṭa m. n. n. (only L.) clothes, dress
lāṭa m. n. worn-out clothes, shabby ornaments
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