lac
English
/læk/, /lɑːk/, /lɑk/, /læk/, /læs/
noun
Definitions
- A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of , a scale insect.
Etymology
Derived from Portuguese laca derived from Persian لاک derived from Hindi लाख derived from Sanskrit लाक्षा (a species of plant).
Origin
Sanskrit
लाक्षा
Gloss
a species of plant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allolactose English
- grc English
- la English
- laciferous English
- lactard English
- lacto-, from der English
- lactose English
- lactosuria English
- lacwork English
- lakh English
- macroprolactin English
- preprolactin English
- prolactin English
- prolactinemia English
- prolactinoma English
- seed English
- seedlac English
- shell English
- shellac English
- shellacked English
- shellacker English
- stick English
- sticklac English
- work English
- πρό English
- lacca Latin
- lacque French
- lacre French
- lactose French
- laque French
- πρό Ancient Greek
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- laca Portuguese
- ラクトース Japanese
- लक्ष Sanskrit
- लाक्षा Sanskrit
- لك Arabic
- لَكّ Arabic
- लाख Hindi
- لاک Persian
- selak Cebuano
- లక్క Telugu
- лак Bulgarian
- لك Omani Arabic