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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Sanskrit लम्पट (lampaṭa).
Pronunciation
Adjective
लंपट • (lampaṭ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَمْپَٹ) (also used in colloquial language)
- lustful, unchaste, addicted to sexual pleasure
- Synonym: कामी (kāmī)
- greedy
- Synonyms: लोलुप (lolup), लालची (lālcī), लोभी (lobhī)
- (by extension) "one who is greedy "
- insensible
- लंपट लड़का ― lampaṭ laṛkā ― insensible young boy
- Synonyms: नासमझ (nāsmajh), मूर्ख (mūrkh), बेवक़ूफ़ (bevqūf)
- idiot
- अबे लंपट! ― abe lampaṭ! ― Oh you idiot!
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लंपट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “लम्पट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लंपट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “लम्पट”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.