لغوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lu.ɣa.ˈwiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣä.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣä.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣä.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lu.ɣä.wí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lo.ɢæ.víː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lu.ʁä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading?	luğawī
Dari reading?	luğawī
Iranian reading?	loğavi
Tajik reading?	luġavi

Adjective

لُغَوی • (loğavi)

1. lexical, verbal

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لغوی (luğawī), from Arabic لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy). Related to لغو (lağv, “nonsense”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊɣ.ʋiː/

Adjective

لُغَوی • (luğavī) (Hindi spelling लुग़वी)

1. belonging to a language, literal, verbal, lexical
2. dictionary writer or author
3. (terminology, linguistics) lexical, dictionary

References

• “لغوی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لغوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.