لاسا lāsā H s. m. 1. Any thing clammy, or glu- tinous. 2. The milk of plants. 3. Size.

لوٿنا loṭnā S̱. (r. लुट or लुठ Roll on the ground) v. n. To wallow, to roll about, to flounce, sprawl. لوٿنا پوٿنا loṭnā poṭnā, v. n. To wallow, to roll or turn over.

لگ بهگ lag-bhag S̱. adj. Close, near, about, almost, by, thereabout.

لـﮩکاوٿ lahkāwaṭ H s. f. Glittering, flashing.

لاف lāf P s. f. Boasting, brag, vanity, self-praise. لاف زن lāf-zan, A boaster, bragger, blusterer. لاف زني lāf-zan-ī, s. f. Boasting. لاف گزاف lāf guzāf, s. m. Boasting, bluster. لاف مارني lāf mārnī, To boast, to bluster.

لويا liwaiyā H (from لينا lenā) s. m. Taker.

لٿ پٿا laṭ-paṭā H adj. 1. Playful, wanton, frisky, humourous. 2. Irregularly folded (a turband).

لازمه lāzima A (part. act. of لزم) adj. Insepa- rably belonging or adhering (to), incumbent (on), necessary, requisite, ur- gent, suitable, proper, important, inseparable, indispensable. لازم ملزوم lāzim malzūm, Inti- mate friendship.

لودهـ lodh लोघ्र S̱. s. m. A kind of medicine, the bark of a tree (Symplocos racemosa, Wil- son) used in dying.

لال lāl S̱. 1. (r. लल Wish for, or लड Sport) adj. Darling, dear; s. m. An infant boy, a son. 2. (लाला) s. m. Spittle, saliva. 3. s. m. The name of a bird. (The male of Frin- gilla amandava). لال بجهکڙ lāl bujhakkaṛ, An intelligent person; one who comprehends quickly, or who readily divines what has happened or is to happen from certain symptoms; but, the term is generally used ironically for a wise- acre, an ignorant foolish person who pretends to more sense than his neighbours; as, in the following answer given by a person of this de- scription, when consulted respecting the marks of an elephantʼs feet in mire, by people who had never seen such an animal: يـﮩ توبوجهي لال بجهکڙ اورنه بوجهي کوي پاين چکي باندهکرمت هرنا کوداهوي Yih to būjhe lāl bujhakkaṛ aur na būjhe koʼe; pāyan chakkī bāndhkar mat harnā kūdā hoʼe. Lāl Bujhakkaṛ and none else can understand this; may not an antelope with a millstone tied to his feet have bounded here?