لقمان

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luq.maːn/

Proper noun

لُقْمَان • (luqmān) m

1. Luqman (a wise man mentioned in the Qur'an)
2. a male given name, Luqman

Declension

Declension of noun لُقْمَان (luqmān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	لُقْمَان luqmān	—
Nominative	—	لُقْمَانُ luqmānu	—
Accusative	—	لُقْمَانَ luqmāna	—
Genitive	—	لُقْمَانَ luqmāna	—

Descendants

• Maltese: Loqman
• → Azerbaijani: Loğman
• → Chagatai: لقمان
  • Uyghur: لوقمان (loqman)
  • Uzbek: Luqmon, luqmon
• → Ottoman Turkish: لقمان (Lokman)
  • Turkish: Lokman
• → Persian: لقمان (loqmân)
• → Punjabi: لُقمان (luqmān)
• → Turkmen: lukman
• → Urdu: لُقمان

Further reading

• لقمان on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُقْمَان (luqmān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [luq.ˈmɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊq.mɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊq.mɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊq.mɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [luq.mɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [loʁ.mɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [luq.mɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	luqmān
Iranian reading?	loğmân
Tajik reading?	luqmon

Proper noun

Dari	لقمان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Луқмон

لقمان • (loqmân)

1. Luqman
2. a male given name, Loqman, from Arabic

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “لقمان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُقْمَان (luqmān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊq.mɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Proper noun

لُقْمان • (luqmān) m (Hindi spelling लुक़मान)

1. Luqman
2. a male given name, Luqman, from Arabic

Noun

لُقْمان • (luqmān) m (Hindi spelling लुक़मान)

1. a wise man

Further reading

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