लफ़्ज़

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Persian لَفْظ (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ). Compare Bengali লফজ (lophjo).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ləfz/, [lɐfz], /ləpʰd͡ʒ/, [lɐpʰd͡ʒ]

Noun

लफ़्ज़ • (lafz) m (Urdu spelling لفظ)

1. (poetic) word, term, pronunciation

   Synonyms: शब्द (śabd), कलाम (kalām), लुग़त (luġat)

   सिर्फ़ दो लफ़्ज़ों में यह ना बयान सकता हूँ।

   sirf do lafzõ mẽ yah nā bayān saktā hū̃.

   I cannot explain this in just two words.

Declension

Declension of लफ़्ज़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लफ़्ज़ lafz	लफ़्ज़ lafz
oblique	लफ़्ज़ lafz	लफ़्ज़ों lafzõ
vocative	लफ़्ज़ lafz	लफ़्ज़ो lafzo

Further reading

• “लफ़्ज़”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.