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लाना lānā(contrac. of le-ānā, lit.'having taken to come, or to take and come'), v.t. To bring, fetch; to bring forward, to adduce; to bring in, introduce, usher in; to import; to bring under, to include (in); to bring (a person) to agree (to, -par), to induce, persuade, win over (to); to apply; to purchase, buy; to bring forth, beget, breed, yield, produce, make (N.B.—lānā, although it governs the acc. case, is, since a neut. verb enters into its construction, treated as a neuter verb in the tenses formed by means of the perfect part.; the nom. case, and not the agent being employed; e.g. maiṅusko lāyāhūṅ, 'I have brought him or it,' not maiṅ-ne usko lāyāhai):—lānā-bandī, s.f. Assessment of land according to the number of ploughs employed on it:—lānālagānā, s.m. Taking cattle in lieu of money (from a debtor).
Origin: Hindi