lak
Dutch (Brabantic)
/lɑk/
noun
Definitions
- lacquer
Etymology
Borrowed from French laque (lacquer) 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
- alack English
- lack English
- lack-all English
- lack-grace English
- lack-latin English
- lack-laughter English
- lack-learning English
- lack-life English
- lack-linen English
- lack-looks English
- lack-love English
- lack-mind English
- lack-pity English
- lackbrain English
- lacker English
- lackest English
- lacketh English
- lackland English
- lackless English
- lackluster English
- lacklustre English
- lackstock English
- lackwit English
- lakh English
- lacca Latin
- Farblack German
- Goldlack German
- Lack German
- Lackaffe German
- Lackleder German
- Lackmus German
- Lackmuspapier German
- Lackmustest German
- Lackschicht German
- Lackstock German
- lakmusz Hungarian
- lacca Italian
- doek Dutch, Flemish
- lakdoek Dutch, Flemish
- lakmoes Dutch, Flemish
- nagel Dutch, Flemish
- nagellak Dutch, Flemish
- schel Dutch, Flemish
- schellak Dutch, Flemish
- laque French
- laquer French
- laqueur French
- лак Russian
- лакмус Russian
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- lakk Norwegian Bokmål
- laca Portuguese
- lak Polish
- laka Polish
- lakmus Polish
- lakk Norwegian Nynorsk
- लक्ष Sanskrit
- लाक्षा Sanskrit
- lak Danish
- لك Arabic
- لَكّ Arabic
- लाख Hindi
- لاک Persian
- лак Bulgarian
- лачен Bulgarian
- ლაკმუსი Georgian
- lak Middle Low German
- لك Omani Arabic