लालटेन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali লন্ঠন (lonṭhon), from English lantern. The Urdu spelling لالٹين (lālṭen) is attested in the آبِ حیات (Āb-e hayāt) in 1880.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lɑːl.ʈeːn/, [läːl.ʈẽːn]

Noun

लालटेन • (lālṭen) f (Urdu spelling لالٹین)

1. lantern

Declension

Declension of लालटेन (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लालटेन lālṭen	लालटेनें lālṭenẽ
oblique	लालटेन lālṭen	लालटेनों lālṭenõ
vocative	लालटेन lālṭen	लालटेनो lālṭeno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लालटेन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लालटेन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1960) “Mutual Borrowing in Indo-Aryan”, in Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute‎^[1], volume 20, number 1, Pune: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, pages 50–62