لنگ

Mazanderani

Noun

لنگ (ling)

  1. leg

Northern Kurdish

Noun

لنگ (ling) m

  1. Arabic spelling of ling

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ‎ (leng), Pashto [script needed] (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).[1]

Adjective

لنگ • (lang)

  1. lame, cripple
  2. limp
Descendants
  • → Armenian: լանկ (lank)

Noun

لنگ • (leng)

  1. leg

References
  1. 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)

  1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (liṃga), from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Pronunciation

Noun

لِن٘گ • (liṉg) m (Hindi spelling लिंग)

  1. (also in grammar) gender
  2. (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: لَنْڈ‎ (laṇḍ), عضو تناسل‎ (ālā-e-tanāsul), شِشْن‎ (śisna)
    1. (Hinduism) lingam
  3. (rare) mark, sign

Declension
Declension of لنگ
singular plural
direct لِن٘گ‎ (liṅg) لِن٘گ‎ (liṅg)
oblique لِن٘گ‎ (liṅg) لِن٘گوں‎ (liṅgō̃)
vocative لِن٘گ‎ (liṅg) لِن٘گو‎ (liṅgō)

Further reading
  • “لِن٘گ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “liṅga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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