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लागी lāgī, or लािग lāgi, or लागे lāge, postpn. (dialec.)=liye, q.v. P H لال लाल lāl[from the Persian; prob. akin to S. रƠ], adj. Red (syn. surḵẖ), ruddy; red-hot; inflamed; enraged;—s.m. A ruby (cf. la’l); the male of the bird Fringilla amandava (cf. muniyā);—the seed of Abrus precatorius (syn. ghuṅgćī):—lāl-angārā, or lāl-surḵẖ, or lāl-lāl, adj. Very red; red-hot; fiery, flushed with passion:—lāl baćlā, s.m. Basella rubra:—lāl bhaṛak, adj. Flaming red; fiercely or vividly red:—lāl pānī, s.m. Blood;—the menstrual discharge:—lāl paṛnā, v.n. To become (or turn) red, to redden; to become red-hot; to flush; to get into a rage:—lāl-pīlī āṅkheṅnikālnā, 'To show red and yellow eyes';to glare fiercely; to fly into a passion:—lāl joṛā, s.m. A red (or scarlet) suit:—lāl ćitrā, or lāl ćitr-mol, s.m. Plumbago rosea:—lāl ćamak, or lāl-lau, s.f. Red flame:—lāl ćandan, s.m. Juniperus cedrus:—lāl rag, s.f. An artery:—lāl rahuā, v.n. To flourish, to be prosperous, to be happy (e.g. lāl raho, 'Continue flourishing! be prosperous!'):—lāl sāg, s.m. Red amaranth (used as a vegetable), Amaranthus paniculatus, or A. gangeticus:—lāl-samudraor samundar, s.m. The Red Sea:—lāl sem, s.f. Dolichos lablab:—lāl qumrā, or lāl kaddū, s.m. The red pumpion, Curcurbita maxima:—lāl kitāb, s.f. The red book; a book to which an ignoramus refers for the solution of every difficulty;—a book of reference;—lāl kurtī, s.f. A red coat;—the European infantry lines in an Indian cantonment:—lāl kurtī-kīpalṭan, A regiment of red-coats, i.e. of British infantry:—lāl-karnewālā, adj. (in Med.), Rubefacient:—lāl kaner, s.f. Red oleander, or rose-bay, Nerium odorum:—lāl-golā, s.f. (local), Light reddish sandy soil:—lāl mirć, s.f. Red pepper; cayenne; red chilli, capsicum:—lāl honāor ho-jānā, v.n. To become red, etc. (=lāl paṛnā, q.v.);—to be on the point of winning (at play); to be 'hot,' or on the point of discovering anything (as a hidden handkerchief, etc.).
Origin: Hindi