لفظ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb form I from the root ل ف ظ (l f ẓ).

Verb

لَفَظَ • (lafaẓa) I (non-past يَلْفِظُ (yalfiẓu), verbal noun لَفْظ (lafẓ))

(transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to emit
لَفَظَ ٱلنَّفَسَ ٱلْأَخِيرَ / آخِرَ أَنْفَاسِهِ
lafaẓa n-nafasa l-ʔaḵīra / ʔāḵira ʔanfāsihi
to emit one's last breath
(transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to spit out
(transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to eject
(transitive, with accusative and مِنْ (min)) to throw out
to speak, enunciate, articulate
(transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to pronounce, utter, express, say

Conjugation

Conjugation of **لَفَظَ** (I, sound, a ~ i, full passive (?), verbal noun **لَفْظ**)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					لَفْظ lafẓ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					لَافِظ lāfiẓ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَلْفُوظ malfūẓ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لَفَظْتُ lafaẓtu	لَفَظْتَ lafaẓta	لَفَظَ lafaẓa	لَفَظْتُمَا lafaẓtumā	لَفَظَا lafaẓā	لَفَظْنَا lafaẓnā	لَفَظْتُمْ lafaẓtum	لَفَظُوا lafaẓū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	لَفَظْتُ lafaẓtu	لَفَظْتِ lafaẓti	لَفَظَتْ lafaẓat	لَفَظْتُمَا lafaẓtumā	لَفَظَتَا lafaẓatā	لَفَظْنَا lafaẓnā	لَفَظْتُنَّ lafaẓtunna	لَفَظْنَ lafaẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَلْفِظُ ʔalfiẓu	تَلْفِظُ talfiẓu	يَلْفِظُ yalfiẓu	تَلْفِظَانِ talfiẓāni	يَلْفِظَانِ yalfiẓāni	نَلْفِظُ nalfiẓu	تَلْفِظُونَ talfiẓūna	يَلْفِظُونَ yalfiẓūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَلْفِظُ ʔalfiẓu	تَلْفِظِينَ talfiẓīna	تَلْفِظُ talfiẓu	تَلْفِظَانِ talfiẓāni	تَلْفِظَانِ talfiẓāni	نَلْفِظُ nalfiẓu	تَلْفِظْنَ talfiẓna	يَلْفِظْنَ yalfiẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَلْفِظَ ʔalfiẓa	تَلْفِظَ talfiẓa	يَلْفِظَ yalfiẓa	تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	يَلْفِظَا yalfiẓā	نَلْفِظَ nalfiẓa	تَلْفِظُوا talfiẓū	يَلْفِظُوا yalfiẓū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَلْفِظَ ʔalfiẓa	تَلْفِظِي talfiẓī	تَلْفِظَ talfiẓa	تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	نَلْفِظَ nalfiẓa	تَلْفِظْنَ talfiẓna	يَلْفِظْنَ yalfiẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَلْفِظْ ʔalfiẓ	تَلْفِظْ talfiẓ	يَلْفِظْ yalfiẓ	تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	يَلْفِظَا yalfiẓā	نَلْفِظْ nalfiẓ	تَلْفِظُوا talfiẓū	يَلْفِظُوا yalfiẓū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَلْفِظْ ʔalfiẓ	تَلْفِظِي talfiẓī	تَلْفِظْ talfiẓ	تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	نَلْفِظْ nalfiẓ	تَلْفِظْنَ talfiẓna	يَلْفِظْنَ yalfiẓna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِلْفِظْ ilfiẓ		اِلْفِظَا ilfiẓā			اِلْفِظُوا ilfiẓū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اِلْفِظِي ilfiẓī		اِلْفِظَا ilfiẓā			اِلْفِظْنَ ilfiẓna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لُفِظْتُ lufiẓtu	لُفِظْتَ lufiẓta	لُفِظَ lufiẓa	لُفِظْتُمَا lufiẓtumā	لُفِظَا lufiẓā	لُفِظْنَا lufiẓnā	لُفِظْتُمْ lufiẓtum	لُفِظُوا lufiẓū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	لُفِظْتُ lufiẓtu	لُفِظْتِ lufiẓti	لُفِظَتْ lufiẓat	لُفِظْتُمَا lufiẓtumā	لُفِظَتَا lufiẓatā	لُفِظْنَا lufiẓnā	لُفِظْتُنَّ lufiẓtunna	لُفِظْنَ lufiẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُلْفَظُ ʔulfaẓu	تُلْفَظُ tulfaẓu	يُلْفَظُ yulfaẓu	تُلْفَظَانِ tulfaẓāni	يُلْفَظَانِ yulfaẓāni	نُلْفَظُ nulfaẓu	تُلْفَظُونَ tulfaẓūna	يُلْفَظُونَ yulfaẓūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُلْفَظُ ʔulfaẓu	تُلْفَظِينَ tulfaẓīna	تُلْفَظُ tulfaẓu	تُلْفَظَانِ tulfaẓāni	تُلْفَظَانِ tulfaẓāni	نُلْفَظُ nulfaẓu	تُلْفَظْنَ tulfaẓna	يُلْفَظْنَ yulfaẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُلْفَظَ ʔulfaẓa	تُلْفَظَ tulfaẓa	يُلْفَظَ yulfaẓa	تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	يُلْفَظَا yulfaẓā	نُلْفَظَ nulfaẓa	تُلْفَظُوا tulfaẓū	يُلْفَظُوا yulfaẓū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُلْفَظَ ʔulfaẓa	تُلْفَظِي tulfaẓī	تُلْفَظَ tulfaẓa	تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	نُلْفَظَ nulfaẓa	تُلْفَظْنَ tulfaẓna	يُلْفَظْنَ yulfaẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُلْفَظْ ʔulfaẓ	تُلْفَظْ tulfaẓ	يُلْفَظْ yulfaẓ	تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	يُلْفَظَا yulfaẓā	نُلْفَظْ nulfaẓ	تُلْفَظُوا tulfaẓū	يُلْفَظُوا yulfaẓū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُلْفَظْ ʔulfaẓ	تُلْفَظِي tulfaẓī	تُلْفَظْ tulfaẓ	تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	نُلْفَظْ nulfaẓ	تُلْفَظْنَ tulfaẓna	يُلْفَظْنَ yulfaẓna

Derived terms

لَفَظَ أَنْفَاسَهُ الْأَخِيرَة (lafaẓa ʔanfāsahu l-ʔaḵīra, “to breathe one's last breath, die”)
لَفَظَ أَنْفَاسَهُ (lafaẓa ʔanfāsahu, “to be in the throes of death”, literally “to release one's breaths”)
لَفَظَ رُوحَهُ (lafaẓa rūḥahu, “to give up the ghost”, literally “to release one's spirit”)
لَفَظَ لَفْظَ ٱلنَّوَاةِ (lafaẓa lafẓa n-nawāti, “to brush aside, reject”, literally “to spit the spitting of a date pit”)

Etymology 2

Root
ل ف ظ (l f ẓ)
5 terms

Verbal noun from لَفَظَ (lafaẓa).

Noun

لَفْظ • (lafẓ) m (plural أَلْفَاظ (ʔalfāẓ))

expression, term, word
- Ibn Malik
  كَلَامُنَا لَفْظٌ مُفِيدٌ كَٱسْتَقِمْ / وَٱسْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ ثُمَّ حَرْفٌ ٱلْكَلِم
  kalāmunā lafẓun mufīdun kastaqim / wasmun wafiʕlun ṯumma ḥarfun l-kalim
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
wording, formulation
articulation, enunciation, pronunciation

Declension

Declension of noun **لَفْظ** (lafẓ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَفْظ lafẓ	اللَّفْظ al-lafẓ	لَفْظ lafẓ
nominative	لَفْظٌ lafẓun	اللَّفْظُ al-lafẓu	لَفْظُ lafẓu
accusative	لَفْظًا lafẓan	اللَّفْظَ al-lafẓa	لَفْظَ lafẓa
genitive	لَفْظٍ lafẓin	اللَّفْظِ al-lafẓi	لَفْظِ lafẓi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَفْظَيْن lafẓayn	اللَّفْظَيْن al-lafẓayn	لَفْظَيْ lafẓay
nominative	لَفْظَانِ lafẓāni	اللَّفْظَانِ al-lafẓāni	لَفْظَا lafẓā
accusative	لَفْظَيْنِ lafẓayni	اللَّفْظَيْنِ al-lafẓayni	لَفْظَيْ lafẓay
genitive	لَفْظَيْنِ lafẓayni	اللَّفْظَيْنِ al-lafẓayni	لَفْظَيْ lafẓay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَلْفَاظ ʔalfāẓ	الْأَلْفَاظ al-ʔalfāẓ	أَلْفَاظ ʔalfāẓ
nominative	أَلْفَاظٌ ʔalfāẓun	الْأَلْفَاظُ al-ʔalfāẓu	أَلْفَاظُ ʔalfāẓu
accusative	أَلْفَاظًا ʔalfāẓan	الْأَلْفَاظَ al-ʔalfāẓa	أَلْفَاظَ ʔalfāẓa
genitive	أَلْفَاظٍ ʔalfāẓin	الْأَلْفَاظِ al-ʔalfāẓi	أَلْفَاظِ ʔalfāẓi

Derived terms

لَفْظًا (lafẓan, “verbatim, literally”)
لَفْظًا وَمَعْنًى (lafẓan wa-maʕnan, “in letter and spirit”)
أَخْطَأَ ٱللَّفْظَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa l-lafẓa, “to mispronounce”)
لَفْظِيّ (lafẓiyy, “verbal, literal, pronounced, oral”)
لَفْظَة (lafẓa, “a word, saying”)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ləfz
→ Kazakh: лебіз (lebız)
→ Hausa: lafazi
→ Indonesian: lafaz, lafal
→ Ottoman Turkish: لفظ
- Turkish: lafız
→ Persian: لفظ (lafz) (see there for further descendants)
→ Swahili: lafudhi
→ Uzbek: lafz

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “لفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Alternative forms

لبظ (labz), لوظ (lawz) (dialectal, Sistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈlafz/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läfz]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [läfz]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [läfz]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læfz]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läfz]

Readings
Classical reading^?	lafz
Dari reading^?	lafz
Iranian reading^?	lafz
Tajik reading^?	lafz

Noun

لفظ • (lafz) (plural الفاظ)

pronunciation, utterance
word, vocable

Noun

لفظ • (lafz) (verbal noun)

pronouncing, articulating
ejecting, throwing out (from the mouth)

Descendants

→ Bengali: লফজ (lophoj)
→ Dhivehi: ލަފުޒު (lafuzu)
→ Gujarati: લફ્જ (laphj)
Hindi: लफ़्ज़ (lafz)
Urdu: لفظ (lafz̤⁩)
- → Ushojo: لفظ
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਲਫ਼ਜ਼ (lafaz)

Shahmukhi script: لفظ (lafz̤)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

(formal) IPA^(key): /ˈləf.zə̆/
(colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈlə.fə.zə̆/, /ˈlə.f̬ə.zə̆/
(rustic) IPA^(key): /ˈlə.pʰə.d͡ʒə̆/

Noun

لَفْظ • (lafz̤) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਫ਼ਜ਼)

word
Synonym: اکھر (akkhar)

Saraiki

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ləvz/

Noun

لَفْظ (lafz̤) m

word

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ف ظ
1 term

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَفَظَ (lafaẓa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.fazˤ/, [ˈlˤɑ.fɑzˤ]
Audio (al-Lidd): (file)

Verb

لفظ • (lafaẓ) I (present بلفظ (bolfoẓ))

to pronounce

Conjugation

Conjugation of **لفظ**
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	لفظت (lafaẓt)	لفظت (lafaẓt)	لفظ (lafaẓ)	لفظنا (lafaẓna)	لفظتو (lafaẓtu)	لفظو (lafaẓu)
past	f	لفظت (lafaẓt)	لفظتي (lafaẓti)	لفظت (lafẓat)	لفظنا (lafaẓna)	لفظتو (lafaẓtu)	لفظو (lafaẓu)
present	m	بلفظ (balfoẓ)	بتلفظ (btolfoẓ)	بلفظ (bolfoẓ)	منلفظ (mnolfoẓ)	بتلفظو (btolfoẓu)	بلفظو (bolfoẓu)
present	f	بلفظ (balfoẓ)	بتلفظي (btolfoẓi)	بتلفظ (btolfoẓ)	منلفظ (mnolfoẓ)	بتلفظو (btolfoẓu)	بلفظو (bolfoẓu)
subjunctive	m	ألفظ (ʔalfoẓ)	تلفظ (tolfoẓ)	يلفظ (yolfoẓ)	نلفظ (nolfoẓ)	تلفظو (tolfoẓu)	يلفظو (yolfoẓu)
subjunctive	f	ألفظ (ʔalfoẓ)	تلفظي (tolfoẓi)	تلفظ (tolfoẓ)	نلفظ (nolfoẓ)	تلفظو (tolfoẓu)	يلفظو (yolfoẓu)
imperative	m		الفظ (olfoẓ)			الفظو (olfoẓu)
imperative	f		الفظي (olfoẓi)			الفظو (olfoẓu)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lafzˤ/, [lɑfsˤ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

لفظ • (lafẓ) m

pronunciation, accent

Derived terms

لفظ سيئ (lafẓ sayyeʔ, “bad word, cussword”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ləfz/
Rhymes: -əfz
Audio (India): (file)
(colloquial) IPA^(key): [ləfz̥], [ləvz]

Noun

لَفْظ • (lafz) m (formal plural الفاظ, Hindi spelling लफ़्ज़)

word, term
مَیں دو لَفْظوں میں یہ بَیاں نَہِیں کَر سَکْتا۔
ma͠i do lafzõ mẽ ye bayā̃ nahī̃ kar saktā.
I cannot express this in only two words.

Declension

Colloquial:

Declension of **لفظ**
	singular	plural
direct	لَفْظ (lafz)	لَفْظ (lafz)
oblique	لَفْظ (lafz)	لَفْظوں (lafzõ)
vocative	لَفْظ (lafz)	لَفْظو (lafzo)

Formal:

Declension of **لفظ**
	singular	plural
direct	لَفْظ (lafz)	اَلْفاظ (alfāz)
oblique	لَفْظ (lafz)	اَلْفاظ (alfāz)
vocative	لَفْظ (lafz)	اَلْفاظ (alfāz)

Descendants

→ Ushojo: لفظ

References

Platts, John T. (1884), “لفظ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Fallon, S. W. (1879), “لفظ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
“لفظ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “لفظ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
“لفظ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
John Shakespear (1834), “لفظ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu لفظ (lafz).

Noun

لفظ (lafz)

word, term

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

Descendants

Further reading

Punjabi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Saraiki

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

References

Ushojo

Etymology

Noun