लाठ

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (laṭṭhi), from Prakrit [script needed] (*laṣṭi), perhaps from a portmanteau of Sanskrit लकुट (lakuṭa, “a club”) + यष्टि (yaṣṭi, “(memorial) pillar”).^[1][2]

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɑːʈʰ/, [läːʈʰ]

लाठ • (lāṭh) f (Urdu spelling لاٹھ)

1. pillar, column

   Synonym: स्तंभ (stambh)

2. minaret

   Synonym: मीनार (mīnār)

3. axle; pole

• लाट (lāṭ)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लाठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press