लकुट

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लगुड (laguḍa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লকুট (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬓᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
• লকুট (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰎𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀓𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• လကုဋ (Burmese script)
• લકુટ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਕੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌕𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦏꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂍𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಕುಟ (Kannada script)
• លកុដ (Khmer script)
• ລກຸຏ (Lao script)
• ലകുട (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠᡬᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘎𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢉᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑦮𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐎𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଲକୁଟ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢒꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆑𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖎𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ලකුට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩜𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚊𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
• லகுட (Tamil script)
• లకుట (Telugu script)
• ลกุฏ (Thai script)
• ལ་ཀུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒏𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨋𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Phonetic variant and structure denote a substrate origin likely. Sometimes compared with Latin lacertus (“the upper arm”), Ancient Greek λάξ (láx, “with the foot/heel”), Old Norse leggr (“leg”) – themselves of disputed origin – as well as Persian لگد (lagad, “kick, recoil”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ku.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.ku.ʈɐ/

Noun

लकुट • (lakuṭa) stem, m

1. a club, stick

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लकुट (lakuṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लकुटः lakuṭaḥ	लकुटौ / लकुटा¹ lakuṭau / lakuṭā¹	लकुटाः / लकुटासः¹ lakuṭāḥ / lakuṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	लकुट lakuṭa	लकुटौ / लकुटा¹ lakuṭau / lakuṭā¹	लकुटाः / लकुटासः¹ lakuṭāḥ / lakuṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	लकुटम् lakuṭam	लकुटौ / लकुटा¹ lakuṭau / lakuṭā¹	लकुटान् lakuṭān
Instrumental	लकुटेन lakuṭena	लकुटाभ्याम् lakuṭābhyām	लकुटैः / लकुटेभिः¹ lakuṭaiḥ / lakuṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	लकुटाय lakuṭāya	लकुटाभ्याम् lakuṭābhyām	लकुटेभ्यः lakuṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	लकुटात् lakuṭāt	लकुटाभ्याम् lakuṭābhyām	लकुटेभ्यः lakuṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	लकुटस्य lakuṭasya	लकुटयोः lakuṭayoḥ	लकुटानाम् lakuṭānām
Locative	लकुटे lakuṭe	लकुटयोः lakuṭayoḥ	लकुटेषु lakuṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लकुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 893/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 472
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 84-5