لنگ

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Mazanderani[edit]

Noun[edit]

لنگ (ling)

  1. leg

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Noun[edit]

لنگ (ling) m

  1. Arabic spelling of ling

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Pashto [script needed] (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).[1]

Adjective[edit]

لنگ • (lang)

  1. lame, cripple
  2. limp
Descendants[edit]
  • → Armenian: լանկ (lank)

Noun[edit]

لنگ • (leng)

  1. leg

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 63—64

Etymology 2[edit]

Shortened from لنگوته (longute).

لنگ • (long)

  1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (liṃga), from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

لِن٘گ • (liṅg) m (Hindi spelling लिंग)

  1. (also in grammar) gender
  2. (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: لَنْڈ (laṇḍ), عضو تناسل (ālā-e-tanāsul), شِشْن (śisna)
    1. (Hinduism) lingam
  3. (rare) mark, sign

Declension[edit]

Declension of لنگ
singular plural
direct لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گ (liṅg)
oblique لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گوں (liṅgō̃)
vocative لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گو (liṅgō)

Further reading[edit]

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