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Azerbaijani
Noun
لغت (lüğət) (definite accusative لغتی (lüğəti), plural لغتلر (lüğətlər))
- Arabic spelling of lüğət (“dictionary”)
Declension
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa, “language; dialect; jargon”).
Noun
لغت • (lügat or lüğat) (definite accusative لغتی (lügati), plural لغات (lügat))
- language, idiom, a body of words understood by a community and used as a form of communication
- Synonym: لسان (lisân)
- word, the smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself
- Synonyms: سوز (söz), كلمه (kelime)
- dictionary, glossary, vocabulary, a reference work with a list of words from one or more languages
- Synonyms: قاموس (kamus), لغت كتابی (lügat kitabı)
Derived terms
- اهل لغت (ehl-i lügat, “lexicologist”)
- علم لغت (ʼilm-i lügat, “lexicology”)
- لغت كتابی (lügat kitabı, “dictionary, vocabulary”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lügat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2986
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “lûgat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 662
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لغت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1079
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lingua”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 955
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لغة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4182
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lugat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لغت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1635
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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luğat
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Dari reading?
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luğat
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Iranian reading?
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loğat
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Tajik reading?
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luġat
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Noun
Dari
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لغت
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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луғат
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لغت • (loğat) (plural لغتها (loğat-hâ) or لغات (loğât))
- word
- Synonyms: کلمه (kalame), واژه (vâže)
- vocabulary
- Synonym: واژگان (vâžegân)
- dictionary, lexicon
- Synonyms: فرهنگ (farhang), قاموس (qâmus), لغتنامه (loğat-nâme), واژهنامه (vâže-nâme)
- dialect
- Synonym: لهجه (lahje)
- language
- Synonym: زبان (zabân)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Compare لگد (lagad, “kick”).
Noun
لغت • (lağat)
- (dialectal, Tehran: some people, Bushehr, Kazerun, Sabzevar, Dashtestan) kick
Sindhi
Etymology
From Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).
Noun
لُغَتِ • (luġati) f (Devanagari लुग़ति)
- dictionary
- Synonyms: کوش (koś), فَرھَنگَ (farhanga)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لغت (luğat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).
Pronunciation
Noun
لُغَت • (luġat) m or f (formal plural لغات, Hindi spelling लुग़त)
- dictionary, lexicon
- language, dialect, idiom
Declension
Declension of لغت
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singular
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plural
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direct
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لغت (luġat)
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لغت (luġat)
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oblique
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لغت (luġat)
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لغتوں (luġatõ)
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vocative
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لغت (luġat)
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لغتو (luġato)
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Declension of لغت
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singular
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plural
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direct
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لغت (luġat)
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لغتیں (luġatẽ)
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oblique
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لغت (luġat)
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لغتوں (luġatõ)
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vocative
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لغت (luġat)
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لغتو (luġato)
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References
- “لغت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “لغت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.