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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
Classical reading?
luğat
Dari reading?
luğat
Iranian reading?
loğat
Tajik reading?
luġat
Noun
Dari
لغت
Iranian Persian
Tajik
луғат
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
Descendants
→ Gujarati: લુગત ( lugat )
→ Middle Hindi: لغت ( lġt /luġat/ )
→ Punjabi: luġat
Gurmukhi script: ਲੁਗ਼ਤ
Shahmukhi script: لَُغَت
→ Sindhi: luġati
Arabic script: لُغَتِ
Devanagari script: लुग़ति
Khudabadi script: 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡
Etymology 2
Compare لگد ( lagad , “ kick ” ) .
Noun
لغت • (lağat )
( dialectal , Tehran: some people, Bushehr, Kazerun, Sabzevar, Dashtestan) kick
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت ( luğat ) , from Arabic لُغَة ( luḡa ) .
Noun
لُغَتِ • (luġati ) f (Devanagari लुग़ति , Khudawadi 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡 )
dictionary
Synonyms: کوش ( koś ) , فَرھَنگَ ( farhanga )
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت ( luğat ) , from Arabic لُغَة ( luḡa ) .[ 1] First attested in 1707[ 2] as Middle Hindi لغت ( lġt /luġat/ ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
لُغَت • (luġat ) m or f (formal plural لُغات ( luġāt ) , Hindi spelling लुग़त )[ 3] [ 4]
dictionary , lexicon
Synonyms: فَرْہَن٘گ ( farhaṅg ) , قامُوس ( qāmūs ) , شَبْدَکوش ( śabdakoś )
language , dialect , idiom
Declension
Declension of لغت
singular
plural
direct
لُغَت ( luġat )
لُغَت ( luġat )
oblique
لُغَت ( luġat )
لُغَتوں ( luġatõ )
vocative
لُغَت ( luġat )
لُغَتو ( luġato )
Declension of لغت
singular
plural
direct
لُغَت ( luġat )
لُغَتیں ( luġatẽ )
oblique
لُغَت ( luġat )
لُغَتوں ( luġatõ )
vocative
لُغَت ( luġat )
لُغَتو ( luġato )
References
More information
^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008 ) “lugat”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani , Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka , →ISBN , page 512 .
^ “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, 2025 .
^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971 ) “لغت ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary , Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 547