As a Hindi name
लालक · noun · masculine
विदूषक — Śabdasāgara
लालक · adj
लाड़ प्यार करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
लालक · lālak · adj.
(f. -ikā), Caressing, fondling, coaxing, wheedling, seducing, seductive — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 947
Cited formation "लालक" is ला- + लक: लक means "= lakh = lākh, q.v", and the prefix ला- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(4) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. Caus.) fondling, caressing
Verified derivationMultiple readings (17)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "lālaka" is derived from "lāla" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lāla m. the son of a Maitreya and a Brāhmaṇī, L.
N. of an astronomer in Kānyakubja, Cat.
lālaka mf(ikā)n. (fr. Caus.) fondling, caressing, Nalod.
lālaka m. a king's jester, VarBṛS., Sch.
Dictionary citations
lālaka mf(ikā)n. (fr. Caus.) fondling, caressing, Nalod.
lālaka m. a king's jester, VarBṛS., Sch.
lālaka m. also n. and f(ikā). an infant's attempts at speaking, L.
lālaka a. (nī f.) Fondling, coaxing.
lāla m. the son of a Maitreya and a Brāhmaṇī, L.
N. of an astronomer in Kānyakubja, Cat.
Alternative readings
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