لغت

See also: لعب

Azerbaijani

Noun

لغت (lüğət) (definite accusative لغتی (lüğəti), plural لغتلر (lüğətlər))

1. Arabic spelling of lüğət (“dictionary”)

Declension

Declension of لغت

	singular	plural
nominative	لغت	لغتلر
definite accusative	لغتی	لغتلری
dative	لغته	لغتلره
locative	لغتده	لغتلرده
ablative	لغتدن	لغتلردن
definite genitive	لغتین	لغتلرین

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت (luġat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa, “language; dialect; jargon”).

Noun

لغت • (lügat or lüğat) (definite accusative لغتی (lügati), plural لغات (lügat))

1. language, idiom

   Synonym: لسان (lisân)

2. word

   Synonyms: سوز (söz), كلمه (kelime)

3. dictionary, glossary

   Synonyms: قاموس (kamus), لغت كتابی (lügat kitabı)

Derived terms

• اهل لغت (ehl-i lügat, “lexicologist”)
• علم لغت (ʼilm-i lügat, “lexicology”)
• لغت كتابی (lügat kitabı, “dictionary, vocabulary”)

Related terms

Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root ل غ و (0 c, 2 e)

Descendants

• Turkish: lügat
• → Crimean Tatar: luğat
• → Laz: ლუგათი (lugati)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “lügat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2986
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “lûgat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 662
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “لغت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1079
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Lingua”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 955
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “لغة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 4182
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “lugat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “لغت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1635

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /lu.ˈɣat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣät̪]

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	luġat
Dari reading?	luġat
Iranian reading?	loġat
Tajik reading?	luġat

Noun

لغت • (luġat / loġat) (plural لغت‌ها (luġat-hā / loġat-hâ), or لغات (luġāt / loġât), Tajik spelling луғат)

1. word

   Synonyms: کلمه (kalima / kaleme), واژه (wāža / vâže)

2. vocabulary

   Synonym: واژگان (wāžagān / vâžegân)

3. dictionary, lexicon

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:لغت‌نامه

4. dialect

   Synonym: لهجه (lahja / lahje)

5. language

   Synonym: زبان (zabān / zabân)

Derived terms

• لغت‌نامه (luġat-nāma / loġat-nâme)

Descendants

• Tajik: луғат (luġat)
• → Chagatai: لغت (lġt /⁠lüġät⁠/)
  • Uyghur: لۇغەت (lughet)
  • Uzbek: lug‘at
  • → Crimean Tatar: luğat
• → Gujarati: લુગત (lugat)
• → Middle Hindi: لغت (lġt /⁠luġat⁠/)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: लुग़त (luġat)

    Urdu: لُغَت (luġat)

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: لُغَتْ (lüġet)
  • Azerbaijani: lüğət
  • Ottoman Turkish: لغت (lüğat)
    • Turkish: lügat
    • → Crimean Tatar: luğat
    • → Laz: ლუგათი (lugati)
• → Punjabi: luġat

  Gurmukhi script: ਲੁਗ਼ਤ

  Shahmukhi script: لَُغَت

• → Sindhi: luġati

  Arabic script: لُغَتِ (luġati)

  Devanagari script: लुग़ति

  Khudabadi script: 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡

Etymology 2

Compare لگد (lagad, “kick”).

Noun

لغت • (laġat)

1. (dialectal, Tehran: some people, Bushehr, Kazerun, Sabzevar, Dashtestan) kick

Sindhi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic ل غ و (l ḡ w)

Arabic لُغَة (luḡa)bor.

Classical Persian لُغَت (luġat)bor.

Sindhi 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡

Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت (luġat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

Noun

لُغَتِ • (luġati) f (Devanagari लुग़ति, Khudawadi 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡)

1. dictionary

   Synonyms: کوش (koś), فَرھَنگَ (farhanga)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic ل غ و (l ḡ w)

Arabic لُغَة (luḡa)bor.

Classical Persian لُغَت (luġat)bor.

Urdu لُغَت

Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت (luġat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa). First attested in 1707 as Middle Hindi لغت (lġt /⁠luġat⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊ.ɣət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: لُ‧غَت

Noun

لُغَت • (luġat) m or f (formal plural لُغات (luġāt), Hindi spelling लुग़त)

1. dictionary, lexicon

   Synonyms: فَرْہَن٘گ (farhaṅg), قامُوس (qāmūs), شَبْدَکوش (śabdakoś)

2. language, dialect, idiom

Declension

Declension of لغت

	singular	plural
direct	لُغَت (luġat)	لُغَت (luġat)
oblique	لُغَت (luġat)	لُغَتوں (luġatõ)
vocative	لُغَت (luġat)	لُغَتو (luġato)

Declension of لغت

	singular	plural
direct	لُغَت (luġat)	لُغَتیں (luġatẽ)
oblique	لُغَت (luġat)	لُغَتوں (luġatõ)
vocative	لُغَت (luġat)	لُغَتو (luġato)

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