لنگ

Mazanderani

Noun

لنگ (ling)

1. leg

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Persian

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

لنگ • (lang)

1. lame, cripple
2. limp

Noun

لنگ • (leng)

1. leg

Etymology 2

Shortened from لنگوته (longute).

لنگ • (long)

1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from .

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪŋɡ/

Noun

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

Declension of لنگ
	singular	plural
direct	لِن٘گ (liṅg)	لِن٘گ (liṅg)
oblique	لِن٘گ (liṅg)	لِن٘گوں (liṅgõ)
vocative	لِن٘گ (liṅg)	لِن٘گو (liṅgo)

Further reading

• “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.