As a Hindi name
लासक · noun · masculine
मयूर । मोर · नाचनेवाला । नचनिया । नर्तक · मटका । घड़ा — Śabdasāgara
लासक · adj
चमकानेवाल । दीप्तिकारक · इधर उधर करता हुआ । क्रीड़ारत (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
लासक · lāsak · s.m.
(f. lāsikā, & H. lāsakā), A dancer; an actor, a mime — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 945
Cited formation "लासक" is ला- + सक: सक means "= شك śaka or śak, 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
a dancer, actor (with nartaka, among the names of Śiva)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (12)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "lāsaka" is derived from "lāsa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lāsa m. the act of jumping, sporting, dancing, Ṛt. (cf. rāsa)
dancing as practised by women, L.
lāsaka mfn. moving hither and thither, playing, gamboling, L.
lāsaka m. a dancer, actor (with nartaka, among the names of Śiva), R.
Dictionary citations
lāsaka mfn. moving hither and thither, playing, gamboling, L.
lāsaka m. a dancer, actor (with nartaka, among the names of Śiva), R.
a peacock, L.
N. of a dancer, Kathās.
embracing, surrounding (veṣṭa), L.
lāsa m. the act of jumping, sporting, dancing, Ṛt. (cf. rāsa)
dancing as practised by women, L.
Alternative readings
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