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lagbhag (H) nearly;
approximately
lūngi wraparound cloth from
lahar wave; current lugat (U) dictionary
waist down
lahū blood lūT liyā robbed
lakīr line
lakRīRR wood (material) m
Hindi/Urdu
lambā long; tall
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lapeTne kā kāgaz wrapping
paper macchhar mosquito
laRāi fight macchhardānī mosquito net
English
laRkā boy macchhar mārne ki davā
laRkī girl mosquito repellent
lāgat charge, fee; cost machhī, machhlī fish
lāgat kā kārD charge card machhlī vālā fishmonger’s
lāl red madad help
lālchī greedy madad gār helpful
lānā to get, to fetch; to madad karnā to help
bring madāri roadside performer;
lārī lorry magician
lAns lens (of camera) madhyāntar (H) interval
le ānā to fetch maflar scarf (for neck)
le jānā to take; to lead; to magar macchh crocodile
carry magrib (U) west
lekin but magrib me in the west
lenā to take, to accept; to magribī (U) western
have; to collect mahafil party
leTnā to lie down mahak scent, fragrance
lifāfā envelope mahakmā department
lifT lift, elevator mahal palace
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likhnā to write mahangā expensive
... ne likhā written by ... mahbūbā girlfriend
likhne kā kāgaz writing paper mahilā (H) lady
ling (H) sex (gender) mahilā shawchālay (H) ladies’
lījiye: ye lījiye here you are toilets, ladies’ room
lōg people mahīnā month
lōkal stopping train mahsūs karnā to feel
lōk nritya folk dancing makān building; house
lōkpriy (H) popular makān ke andar indoors
lōk sangīt folk music makkhi fly
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