LalkafBulgarian From Bulgarian лале (lale) meaning "tulip". It is derived via Turkish from Persian لاله (lāleh).
LallafLiterature Derived from Persian لاله (lāleh) meaning "tulip". This was the name of the heroine of Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh (1817). In the poem, Lalla, the daughter of the emperor of Delhi, listens to a poet sing four tales.