Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“poisonous”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“poisonous”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
लालन · noun · masculine
अत्यंत स्नेह करना । प्रेंमपूर्वक बालकों का आदर करना । लाड़ । प्यार · एक प्रकार का चूहा जो विपैला होता है (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
लालन · noun · masculine
प्रिय पुत्र । प्यारा बच्चा · कुमार । बालक — Śabdasāgara
लालन · lālan · adj.
Caressing, fondling, indulging, spoiling; coaxing, wheedling — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 947
Cited formation "लालन" is लाल + -न: लाल means "red (color/colour)", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "लालन" is लालना + -न: लालना means "स॰ [सं॰ लालन] दुलार करना । लाड़ करना । प्यार करना", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the act of caressing, fondling, coaxing, indulging
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Dictionary citations
lālana mfn. caressing, fondling, coaxing, L.
lālana m. a partic. venomous animal resembling a mouse, Suśr.
resin, L.
lālana n. the act of caressing, fondling, coaxing, indulging, Kāv.; BhP.; Rājat.
lālana a. (nī f.) Fondling, coaxing, caressing. — naḥ A sort of poisonous mouse. — naṃ [lal-lyuṭ] 1 Caressing, fondling, coaxing; sutalālanaṃ &c. 2 Indulging, over-indulgence, fondling too much; lālane bahavo doṣāstāḍane bahavo guṇāḥ; Pt. 1. 169; Bh. 2. 42.
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