"ਲੋਕ" meaning in Punjabi

See ਲੋਕ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka). Etymology templates: {{root|pa|ine-pro|*lewk-}}, {{bor+|pa|sa|ਲੋਕ}} Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka) Head templates: {{pa-noun|g=m|sha=لوک}} ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک) Forms: lok [romanization], لوک [Shahmukhi], no-table-tags [table-tags], ਲੋਕ [direct, singular], ਲੋਕ [direct, plural], ਲੋਕ [oblique, singular], ਲੋਕਾਂ [oblique, plural], ਲੋਕਾ [singular, vocative], ਲੋਕੋ [plural, vocative], ਲੋਕੋਂ [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural], ਲੋਕੇ [locative, singular], ਲੋਕੀਂ [locative, plural], ਲੋਕੇ [instrumental, singular], ਲੋਕੀਂ [instrumental, plural]
  1. people (any collective group of persons)
    Sense id: en-ਲੋਕ-pa-noun-sF2qzpnx Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Punjabi entries with incorrect language header, Punjabi nouns with declension, Collectives, People Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 73 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 7 7 Disambiguation of Punjabi entries with incorrect language header: 79 6 15 Disambiguation of Punjabi nouns with declension: 51 22 27 Disambiguation of Collectives: 92 4 4 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 0
  2. world, universe
    Sense id: en-ਲੋਕ-pa-noun-IfCd32M2
  3. (in compounds) public, popular, folk Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-ਲੋਕ-pa-noun-xE7C~~nb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ (lok ukatī) (english: popular saying) [feminine], ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ (lok samprak) (english: public relations) [masculine], ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ (lok sabhā) (english: Lok Sabha) [feminine], ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ (lok hit) (english: public weal) [masculine]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "popular saying",
      "roman": "lok ukatī",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "public relations",
      "roman": "lok samprak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Lok Sabha",
      "roman": "lok sabhā",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "public weal",
      "roman": "lok hit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "ਲੋਕ"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lok",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لوک",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕ",
      "roman": "lok",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕ",
      "roman": "lok",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕ",
      "roman": "lok",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕਾਂ",
      "roman": "lokā̃",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕਾ",
      "roman": "lokā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੋ",
      "roman": "loko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੋਂ",
      "roman": "lokõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੇ",
      "roman": "loke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੀਂ",
      "roman": "lokī̃",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੇ",
      "roman": "loke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੀਂ",
      "roman": "lokī̃",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "sha": "لوک"
      },
      "expansion": "ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک)",
      "name": "pa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Punjabi",
  "lang_code": "pa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Punjabi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 22 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Punjabi nouns with declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pa",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "pa:Collectives",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pa",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "pa:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "people (any collective group of persons)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ਲੋਕ-pa-noun-sF2qzpnx",
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "world, universe"
      ],
      "id": "en-ਲੋਕ-pa-noun-IfCd32M2",
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
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            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "folk poetry",
          "roman": "lok kāvai",
          "text": "ਲੋਕ ਕਾਵਿ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "public, popular, folk"
      ],
      "id": "en-ਲੋਕ-pa-noun-xE7C~~nb",
      "links": [
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ],
        [
          "folk",
          "folk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) public, popular, folk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ਲੋਕ"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Punjabi entries with incorrect language header",
    "Punjabi lemmas",
    "Punjabi masculine nouns",
    "Punjabi nouns",
    "Punjabi nouns in Gurmukhi script",
    "Punjabi nouns with declension",
    "Punjabi terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Punjabi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-",
    "pa:Collectives",
    "pa:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "popular saying",
      "roman": "lok ukatī",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਉਕਤੀ"
    },
    {
      "english": "public relations",
      "roman": "lok samprak",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਸੰਪਰਕ"
    },
    {
      "english": "Lok Sabha",
      "roman": "lok sabhā",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਸਭਾ"
    },
    {
      "english": "public weal",
      "roman": "lok hit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਲੋਕ ਹਿਤ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lewk-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "ਲੋਕ"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit ਲੋਕ (loka).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lok",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "لوک",
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕ",
      "roman": "lok",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕ",
      "roman": "lok",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "direct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕ",
      "roman": "lok",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕਾਂ",
      "roman": "lokā̃",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕਾ",
      "roman": "lokā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੋ",
      "roman": "loko",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੋਂ",
      "roman": "lokõ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੇ",
      "roman": "loke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੀਂ",
      "roman": "lokī̃",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੇ",
      "roman": "loke",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ਲੋਕੀਂ",
      "roman": "lokī̃",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "sha": "لوک"
      },
      "expansion": "ਲੋਕ • (lok) m (Shahmukhi spelling لوک)",
      "name": "pa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Punjabi",
  "lang_code": "pa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "people (any collective group of persons)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "world, universe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "world",
          "world"
        ],
        [
          "universe",
          "universe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Punjabi terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              0,
              3
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            [
              0,
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          ],
          "english": "folk poetry",
          "roman": "lok kāvai",
          "text": "ਲੋਕ ਕਾਵਿ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "public, popular, folk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "popular",
          "popular"
        ],
        [
          "folk",
          "folk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in compounds) public, popular, folk"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ਲੋਕ"
}

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