لڙي laṛī H s. f. A string (of pearls, &c.).

لمکانا lamkānā H (corrupt. of لپکانا) v. n. To stretch out the hands to take any thing.

لنگر langar P 1. s. m. (dakh. s. f.) An anchor. 2. A stay or rope for supporting a tent. 3. An almshouse. 4. The plaits of a robe. 5. adj. Worthless, mean. لنگر اٿهانا langar uṭhānā, 1. To weigh anchor. 2. To feed the poor, or raise an almshouse to give a feast to the poor. لنگرپر هونا langar par honā, To be at anchor. لنگر ڐالنا يا کرنا langar-ḍālnā or -karnā, To cast anchor.

لقلقه laḳlaḳa A s. m. 1. The voice of a stork. 2. A continual motion of the jaw or of the tongue (in serpents). 3. Eloquence, pronunciation.

لنج lunj P adj. Lame of a hand or hands, having lost the use of hands and feet.

لتاکام latā-kām कामलता S̱. n. prop. Name of a most famous woman.

لاک lāk S̱. s. m. (dakh.) See لاکهہ lākh, sign. 2.

لباسي libās-ī A. adj. False, forged, counterfeit.

لمڐور lamḍor H s. (dakh. i. q. شکارکاڐور) Cord or string for catching game(?).

ل lām the twenty-third letter of the Arabic, and twenty-seventh of the Persian alphabet, corres- ponds to ल in Sanskrit. It is one of the eight dental letters in Arabic, and its sound is that of the English l. In the denotation of numbers by the letters of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for 30: and, by way of abbreviation, it may repre- sent the month شوال. Its permutations are, 1. In Persian and Hindūstānī into ر and vice versa; as, زرو zarū for زلو zalū, A leech; بار for بال Hair; ديوال for ديوار A wall; تلوار for تروار A sword. 2. In Arabic, in