Noun
لغت (lüğət) (definite accusative لغتی (lüğəti), plural لغتلر (lüğətlər))
- Arabic spelling of lüğət (“dictionary”)
Declension
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plural |
nominative |
لغت |
لغتلر |
definite accusative |
لغتی |
لغتلری |
dative |
لغته |
لغتلره |
locative |
لغتده |
لغتلرده |
ablative |
لغتدن |
لغتلردن |
definite genitive |
لغتین |
لغتلرین |
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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”)
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
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).
Pronunciation
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Classical reading? |
luğat |
Dari reading? |
luğat |
Iranian reading? |
loğat |
Tajik reading? |
luġat |
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Etymology 2
Compare لگد (lagad, “kick”).
Noun
لغت • (lağat)
- (dialectal, Tehran: some people, Bushehr, Kazerun, Sabzevar, Dashtestan) kick
Noun
لُغَتِ • (luġati) f (Devanagari लुग़ति)
- dictionary
- Synonyms: کوش (koś), فَرھَنگَ (farhanga)
Noun
لُغَت • (luġat) m or f (formal plural لغات, Hindi spelling लुग़त)
- dictionary, lexicon
- language, dialect, idiom
Declension
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لغت (luġat) |
لغت (luġat) |
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لغت (luġat) |
لغتوں (luġatō̃) |
vocative |
لغت (luġat) |
لغتو (luġatō) |
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plural |
direct |
لغت (luġat) |
لغتیں (luġatẽ) |
oblique |
لغت (luġat) |
لغتوں (luġatõ) |
vocative |
لغت (luġat) |
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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.