لمبا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• لَن٘با (lambā), لان٘با (lāmbā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit लम्बओ (lambao) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) and Sanskrit लम्ब (lamba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ləm.bɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: لَم‧با

Adjective

لَمْبا • (lambā) (Hindi spelling लंबा)

1. tall (of people)
2. long (of objects, duration, etc)
3. expanded, great, large
4. spacious, capacious

Declension

Declension of لمبا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	لَمْبا (lambā)	لَمْبے (lambe)		لَمْبی (lambī)	لَمْبی (lambī)
indirect	لَمْبے (lambe)	لَمْبے (lambe)		لَمْبی (lambī)	لَمْبی (lambī)

Derived terms

• لَمْبائی (lambāī, “length, height”)
• لَمْباؤ (lambāo, “length, height”)
• لَمْبان (lambān, “length, height”)
• لَمْبُو (lambū, “very tall person”)
• لَمْبانا (lambānā, “to extend, lengthen”)

References

• “لمبا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لمبا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “लंबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “لمبا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]