Wiktionary

لنگ

Mazanderani edit

Noun edit

لنگ (ling)

  1. leg

Northern Kurdish edit

Noun edit

لنگ (ling) m

  1. Arabic spelling of ling

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Pashto [script needed] (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).[1]

Adjective edit

لنگ • (lang)

  1. lame, cripple
  2. limp
Descendants edit
  • → Armenian: լանկ (lank)

Noun edit

لنگ • (leng)

  1. leg

References edit

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 63—64

Etymology 2 edit

Shortened from لنگوته (longute).

لنگ • (long)

  1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (liṃga), from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لِن٘گ • (liṅg) m (Hindi spelling लिंग)

  1. (also in grammar) gender
  2. (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: لَنْڈ (laṇḍ), عضو تناسل (ālā-e-tanāsul), شِشْن (śisna)
    1. (Hinduism) lingam
  3. (rare) mark, sign

Declension edit

Declension of لنگ
singular plural
direct لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گ (liṅg)
oblique لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گوں (liṅgō̃)
vocative لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گو (liṅgō)

Further reading edit

  • “لِن٘گ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “liṅga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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