লোক

See also: -লোক

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit लोक (loka).

Noun

লোক • (lûk)

1. person

   পথাৰ݁খনত চোৱা, এজন লোকে খেতি কৰি আছে। ― potharokhonot süa, ezon lüke kheti kori ase. ― Look at the field, a man is cultivating.

2. other people

   লোকৰ আগত ভিক্ষা নুখুজিবি। ― lûkôr agôt bhikkha nukhuzibi. ― Don't beg in front of others.

   Synonyms: আন (an), পৰ (por), বেলেগ (beleg)

3. people, folk

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit लोक (loka).

Noun

লোক • (lōk)

1. person, human
2. people, public, party
3. man
4. personality
5. world

Declension

Inflection of লোক
nominative	লোক lok
objective	লোককে lok (semantically general or indefinite) / lokke (semantically definite)
genitive	লোকের loker
	Indefinite forms
nominative	লোক lok
objective	লোককে lok (semantically general or indefinite) / lokke (semantically definite)
genitive	লোকের loker
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	লোকটা, লোকটি lokṭa (colloquial), lokṭi (formal)		লোকেরা lokera
objective	লোকটাকে, লোকটিকে lokṭake (colloquial), lokṭike (formal)		লোকদের(কে) lokder(ke)
genitive	লোকটার, লোকটির lokṭar (colloquial), lokṭir (formal)		লোকদের lokder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Synonyms

• (person, man) নর (nor)
• (man) পুরুষ (puruś)
• (person, people, man) মানুষ (manuś)

Derived terms

• লৌকিক (lōukik)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• loka (Latin script)
• 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• लोक (Devanagari script)
• ලොක (Sinhalese script)
• လောက or လေႃၵ (Burmese script)
• โลก or โลกะ (Thai script)
• ᩃᩮᩣᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂລກ or ໂລກະ (Lao script)
• លោក (Khmer script)
• 𑄣𑄮𑄇 (Chakma script)

Noun

লোক m

1. Bengali script form of loka (“world”)

Declension

Declension table of "লোক" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	লোকো (loko)	লোকা (lokā)
Accusative (second)	লোকং (lokaṃ)	লোকে (loke)
Instrumental (third)	লোকেন (lokena)	লোকেহি (lokehi) or লোকেভি (lokebhi)
Dative (fourth)	লোকস্স (lokassa) or লোকায (lokāya) or লোকত্থং (lokatthaṃ)	লোকানং (lokānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	লোকস্মা (lokasmā) or লোকম্হা (lokamhā) or লোকা (lokā)	লোকেহি (lokehi) or লোকেভি (lokebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	লোকস্স (lokassa)	লোকানং (lokānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	লোকস্মিং (lokasmiṃ) or লোকম্হি (lokamhi) or লোকে (loke)	লোকেসু (lokesu)
Vocative (calling)	লোক (loka)	লোকা (lokā)