Where does “لاپتہ” come from?

لاپتہ (Urdu) comes from Urdu لا, from Arabic لَا, from Proto-Semitic lā — not; no.

لاپتہ (Urdu): missing

Definitions

  1. missing

Ancestry of “لاپتہ”, step by step

لاپتہ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Urdu لا

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduلاnot
2Arabicلَاnot; no, not
3Proto-Semiticlānot; no

via Urdu پَتَہ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduپَتَہ—
Every word from Proto-Semitic lā →Every word from Arabic لَا →Every word from Urdu لا →