लड्डू

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit लड्डुअ (laḍḍua) without cluster simplification—compare Punjabi ਲੱਡੂ (laḍḍū)—, from Sanskrit लड्डुक (laḍḍuka), from लड्डु (laḍḍu, “a kind of sweetmeat”). Compare लाड़ू (lāṛū), लड़ुआ (laṛuā). Cognate with Gujarati લાડવો (lāḍvo), લાડુ (lāḍu), Marathi लाडू (lāḍū), Odia ଲଡୁ (laḍu), Bengali লাড্ডু (laḍḍu) / নাড়ু (naṛu), Sinhalese ලඩු (laḍu).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləɖ.ɖuː/, [lɐɖ̚.ɖuː]

Noun

लड्डू • (laḍḍū) m (Urdu spelling لڈو)

laddu

Declension

Declension of *लड्डू* (masc ū-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	लड्डू laḍḍū	लड्डू laḍḍū
oblique	लड्डू laḍḍū	लड्डुओं laḍḍuõ
vocative	लड्डू laḍḍū	लड्डुओ laḍḍuo

Hypernyms

मिठाई (miṭhāī, “sweet”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “laḍḍu-, laḍḍuka-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 633