لالا

लाला lālā, s.f. Saliva, spittle, slaver, mucous:—lālā-bhaksh, s.m. (lit.'having saliva for food'), Name of the hell appropriated to those who eat their meals without first offering food to the gods, to the manes, or to guests:—lālā-meh, s.m. Passing mucous urine; mucous urine. P H لالا लाला lālā[from the Pers.; prob. akin to S. लाल, fr. the caus. of rt. लल् ], s.m. Sir, master; a school-master; a grandee; a respectable Hindū(as a banker, etc.); the designation of a class of Kāyaths who are schoolmasters; a writer, clerk, copyist; a title given to persons of the Vaiśyaclass, etc.; a respectful term of address to a father, or a father-in-law; (for lallāor lalā, q.v.) dear boy, darling;—(in Persian) the chief (or an upper) servant (intrusted with the education of his master's sons); a major domo;—a slave:—a prattling fellow, a babbler;—babbling, prating, talkativeness, frivolous talk;—a kind of grain resembling sesame;—a kind of herb brought from the neighbourhood of Mecca (the smell of which is said to keep off the piles):—lālā-bhā`ī, s.m. An affectionate (or a respectful) form of address (commonly applied to Banyās):—lālā-bhaiyākarnā, To show affection (to), to caress:—lālā-bhaiyākarke sulānā(-ko), To sing or pat to sleep, to soothe or coax to sleep:—lālā-jī, s.m. A form of address (used towards a respectable man not of high rank); Master, Sir; father, father-in-law.