लंपट

Hindi

Alternative forms

लम्पट (lampaṭ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Sanskrit लम्पट (lampaṭa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ləm.pəʈ/, [l̪ə̃m.pəʈ]

Adjective

लंपट • (lampaṭ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling لَمْپَٹ‎) (also used in colloquial language)

lustful, unchaste, addicted to sexual pleasure
Synonym: कामी (kāmī)
greedy
Synonyms: लोलुप (lolup), लालची (lālcī), लोभी (lobhī)
1. (by extension) "one who is greedy [for little things]"
  1. insensible
    लंपट लड़का ― lampaṭ laṛkā ― insensible young boy
    
    Synonyms: नासमझ (nāsmajh), मूर्ख (mūrkh), बेवक़ूफ़ (bevqūf)
  2. idiot
    अबे लंपट! ― abe lampaṭ! ― Oh you idiot!

Further reading

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “लंपट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Platts, John T. (1884), “लम्पट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “लंपट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
“लम्पट”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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