لاو

लाव lā`o (prob. contrac. of lagā`o, q.v.), s.m. A rope; the rope by which the ćarasor leathern bucket is drawn up from a well (syn. bart); cable (of a boat);—the quantity of land irrigated by one lā`oin a day (in some places the quantity of land irrigated is reckoned by the lā`o, instead of by wells, and is estimated at fifteen acres to a lā`o);—a debt secured by a pledge:—lā`o uṭhānā, v.n. To advance money to a cultivator for food fodder and seed:—lā`o-ćaras, s.m. The rope and leathern bucket (for irrigation); irrigation by water raised from wells in the ćarasor leathern bucket:—lā`o ćalānā, 'To work the well-rope,' to irrigate from a well:—lā`o lagānā(-par), To assert a right (to), and take over (from a debtor) property (of any kind) in satisfaction of a debt;—s.m. Payment in kind.