لوک

See also: لوك

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोक (loka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /loːkᵊ/

Noun

لوک • (lok) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੋਕ)

1. people (any collective group of persons)
2. (by extension) society, the world
3. (in compounds) public, popular, folk

Declension

Declension of لوک
dir. sg.	لوک (lok)
dir. pl.	لوک (lok)
	singular	plural
direct	لوک (lok)	لوک (lok)
oblique	لوک (lok)	لوکاں (lokāṉ)
vocative	لوکا (lokā)	لوکو (loko)
ablative	لوکوں (lokoṉ)	لوکاں (lokāṉ)
locative	لوکے (loke)	لوکِیں (lokīṉ)
instrumental	لوکوں (lokoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لوک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لوک”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਲੋਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024