लंपट

Hindi

Alternative forms

• लम्पट (lampaṭ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Sanskrit लम्पट (lampaṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləm.pəʈ/, [lɐ̃m.pɐʈ]

Adjective

लंपट • (lampaṭ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَمْپَٹ) (also used in colloquial language)

1. lustful, unchaste, addicted to sexual pleasure

   Synonym: कामी (kāmī)

2. greedy

   Synonyms: लोलुप (lolup), लालची (lālcī), लोभी (lobhī)

   1. (by extension) "one who is greedy [for little things]"
      1. insensible

         लंपट लड़का ― lampaṭ laṛkā ― insensible young boy

         Synonyms: नासमझ (nāsmajh), मूर्ख (mūrkh), बेवक़ूफ़ (bevqūf)

      2. idiot

         अबे लंपट! ― abe lampaṭ! ― Oh you idiot!

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लंपट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “लम्पट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लंपट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “लम्पट”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.