لغو

Arabic

Root
ل غ و (l ḡ w)
8 terms

Noun

لَغْو • (laḡw) m

1. verbal noun of لَغَا (laḡā) (form I)
2. blather, blither, prattle, babbling, rambling, prating
   1. redundancy, superfluity; wordiness, verbosity
   2. nonsense, gibberishness; absurdity
3. uttering oaths hastily, carelessly, or inattentively, ejaculation, swearing

Declension

Declension of noun لَغْو (laḡw)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَغْو laḡw	اللَّغْو al-laḡw	لَغْو laḡw
Nominative	لَغْوٌ laḡwun	اللَّغْوُ al-laḡwu	لَغْوُ laḡwu
Accusative	لَغْوًا laḡwan	اللَّغْوَ al-laḡwa	لَغْوَ laḡwa
Genitive	لَغْوٍ laḡwin	اللَّغْوِ al-laḡwi	لَغْوِ laḡwi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ləğv
• → Kazakh: лағу (lağu)
• → Ottoman Turkish: لغو (lağv)
  • Turkish: lağıv, whence laga luga (informal) - (nonsense, gibberishness)
• → Persian: لغو (lağv)
  • → Urdu: لغو (lagv)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [la.ɣuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣuː], [läɣ.wä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣuː], [läɣ.wä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣuː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣu]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læɢv]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läʁw]

Readings
Classical reading?	lağū
Dari reading?	lağū, lağwa
Iranian reading?	lağv
Tajik reading?	laġv

Adjective

Dari	لغو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	лағв

لغو • (lağv)

1. nonsensical
2. absurd
3. improper

Noun

لغو • (lağv)

1. nonsense
2. gibberish
3. cancellation
4. abolition

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لغو (lağw), from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw). Related to لغوی (luğavī, “belonging to a language”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ləɣʋ/

Adjective

لغو • (lağv)

1. nonsensical
2. absurd
3. improper

Noun

لغو • (lağv) m

1. nonsense
2. gibberish