लाठ

See also: लठ and लाठी

Hindi

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (laṭṭhi), from Prakrit [script needed] (*laṣṭi), perhaps from a portmanteau of Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “a club”) + यष्टि (yaṣṭi, “(memorial) pillar”).^[1]^[2]

लाठ • (lāṭh) f (Urdu spelling لاٹھ)

Declension of लाठ (fem cons-stem)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लाठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

^ Salomon, R. (1998). Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages. United States: Oxford University Press, USA, p. 17
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laṣṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press