Sanskrit

Noun

लता • ‎(latā) f

1. a creeper, any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril Mn. MBh. &c.
2. musk-creeper L.
3. a slender woman, any woman Naish. Tantras.
4. the thong or lash of a whip, whip Pañcat. Suṡr.
5. a string of pearls VarBṛS.

Descendants

• Khmer: លតា ‎(lea’daa)
• Telugu: లత ‎(lata)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0895