lolup a greedy = लोभी, लालची q. v.

līk fc track, rut: ~ पर चलना to follow the beaten path; लीके ~ गाड़ी चले लीके चले कपूत a cart goes on a rut and a bad son also follows the beaten track; यह ~ पकड़कर चले चलो go on following this --. △ ~ पीटना to blindly follow a tradition; ~ से बेलीक चलना to go astray, to violate the traditional course.

luñj a crippled: ~ आदमी, सिपाही -- person, soldier. [syn. लूला, टूंडा]

lahak fu 1. glitter: सोने की ~ -- of gold. 2. eagerness: मित्र को मिलने की ~ -- to meet a friend.

lipibaddha a reduced to writing, written: ~ साहित्य -- literature; ~ करना to reduce to writing, to write down: मैंने उनका व्याख्यान ~ कर लिया I reduced his lecture to writing.

lāīs a [predicative] equipped: हथियारों से ~ गाड़ी a car equipped with weapons; ~ करना to equip: नयी तकनीक से ~ करना to equip with new technique.

lagām fc bridle: घोड़े की ~ -- for the horse; ~ लगाना/चढ़ाना to put on a --; ~ उतारना to take off the --; ~ कड़ी करना (both literary and fig.) to bridle, to keep in check; ~ ढीली छोड़ना (lit. and fig.) to allow latitude; ~ देना to curb, to check, to keep under restraint; △ अपनी ज़बान को ~ दो hold your tongue.

laḍḍū mc (ball-like typical Indian) sweetmeat, laddu; ~ खाना to eat --s; ~ बाँटो distribute --s (in celebration); ~ खिलाना to feast one with --s; △ to bribe a person. △ ~ मिलना to get something worthwhile; मन के ~ खाना/फोड़ना (a) to be very happy at heart, (b) to build castles in the air.

lāūṭānā vt to return; लौटा देना to give back; लौटा लेना to take back; मेरी किताब आज ही लौटा देनी होगी you will have to return my book today; उसने लौटकर देखा he/she returned and saw.

latar, लता latā fc creeper: अंगूर की ~ vine; लौकी की ~ -- of gourd. [syn. बेल]