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Mazanderani
Noun
لنگ (ling)
- leg
Northern Kurdish
Noun
لنگ (ling) m
- Arabic spelling of ling
Persian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Pashto (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).[1]
Adjective
لنگ • (lang)
- lame, cripple
- limp
Descendants
Noun
لنگ • (leng)
- leg
References
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 63—64
Etymology 2
Shortened from لنگوته (longute).
لنگ • (long)
- a traditional towel used after bathing.
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (liṃga), from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).
Pronunciation
Noun
لِن٘گ • (liṅg) m (Hindi spelling लिंग)
- (also in grammar) gender
- (anatomy) penis
- Synonyms: لَنْڈ (laṇḍ), عضو تناسل (ālā-e-tanāsul), شِشْن (śisna)
- (Hinduism) lingam
- (rare) mark, sign
Declension
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singular
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plural
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لِن٘گ (liṅg)
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لِن٘گ (liṅg)
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| oblique
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لِن٘گ (liṅg)
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لِن٘گوں (liṅgõ)
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| vocative
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لِن٘گ (liṅg)
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لِن٘گو (liṅgo)
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Further reading
- “لِن٘گ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “liṅga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.