# लोह
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोह (lohá). Doublet of लोहा (lohā).

### Noun

लोह • (loh) m (Urdu spelling لوه)
* iron (either crude or wrought)
* steel
* metal
* (rare) a weapon
* (rare) blood

#### Synonyms

* इस्पात (ispāt)
* फ़ौलाद (faulād)

#### Derived terms

* लोह तरंग (a set of tuned gongs)

#### Related terms

* लोहा (lohā)

#### References

* Platts, John T. (1884) “लोह”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लोह (loha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loɦ/, [lo]

### Noun

लोह • (loh) n
* iron (in scientific terms)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* loha (Latin script)
* 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* লোহ (Bengali script)
* ලොහ (Sinhalese script)
* လောဟ or လေႃႁ (Burmese script)
* โลห or โลหะ (Thai script)
* ᩃᩮᩣᩉ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂລຫ or ໂລຫະ (Lao script)
* លោហ (Khmer script)
* 𑄣𑄮𑄦 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit लोह (lohá).

### Noun

लोह n
* metal, especially copper, brass, or bronze

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* লোহ (Assamese script)
* ᬮᭀᬳ (Balinese script)
* লোহ (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰺𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* လောဟ (Burmese script)
* લોહ (Gujarati script)
* ਲੋਹ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑍋𑌹 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦺꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂷𑂯 (Kaithi script)
* ಲೋಹ (Kannada script)
* លោហ (Khmer script)
* ໂລຫ (Lao script)
* ലോഹ (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠣᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘻𑘮 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑧜𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑑀𑐴 (Newa script)
* ଲୋହ (Odia script)
* ꢭꣂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆾𑆲 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖺𑖮 (Siddham script)
* ලොහ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩕𑪂 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚴𑚩 (Takri script)
* லோஹ (Tamil script)
* లోహ (Telugu script)
* โลห (Thai script)
* ལོ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒼𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨆𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás (“red metal; copper, brass”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós (“red thing”), from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Middle Persian [script needed] (lwd /⁠rôy⁠/, “brass”), whence Persian روی (rôy).
The -h- instead of the expected -dh- seems to be a standard dissimilation of dh…t to h…t across the whole paradigm for रुध् (rudh) in the dialect on which Classical Sanskrit was based, compare रोहित (róhita, “red mare”), नीललोहित (nīlalohitá, “dark blue and red”), but रुधिर (rudhirá, “red”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /lɐw.ɦɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /l̪oː.ɦɐ/

### Adjective

लोह • (lohá)
* red, reddish, copper-coloured
* made of copper
* made of iron

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

लोह • (lohá) stem, m or n
* red metal, copper
* (in later language) iron (either crude or wrought) or steel or gold or any metal
* red goat (compare लोहाज (lohāja))
* (probably) a kind of bird
* name of a man
* (in the plural) name of a people
* any object or vessel made of iron
* aloe wood, Agallochum

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: loha
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: लोहा (lohā)
    Urdu: لوہا (lohā)
* Marathi: लोह (loh)
* Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਲੋਹਾ (lohā)
    Shahmukhi script: لوہا (lohā)
* Sindhi: लोहु
* → Tamil: உலோகம் (ulōkam)
** → Malay: logam (“metal”)
*** Indonesian: logam (“metal”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “लोह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0908.
* ↑ Alexander Lubotsky (1995) “Sanskrit h < *dh, bh”, in Sthāpakašrāddham, Professor G.A. Zograf Commemorative Volume, St. Petersburg, pages 122–124