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लकड़ी lakṛī[S. लकुट+इका], s.f. A stick, staff; wood, timber; fire-wood;—a stalk;—the tough stringy substance in the heart of some fusiform roots (as carrots, turnips, etc.);—adj. Like a stick; stiff, rigid;—emaciated, thin, lean:—lakṛīpheṅknā, s.m. Cudgel-playing:—lakṛī-ḵẖāna, s.m. (in Mech.) A block:—lakṛī-hārā, s.m. (f. -ī), Wood-cutter, woodman; wood-seller, timber-merchant:—lakṛiyāṅdenā(-ko), To place wood on the funeral pyre (of):—ek lakṛīsab-ko hāṅknā, 'To drive everyone with the same stick'; to treat all alike; to fail in showing the consideration due to each one's position:—sūkh-ke lakṛīhonā, To dry up to a stick, to become lean or emaciated.
Origin: Hindi