लघु

Borrowed from Sanskrit लघु (laghú), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus.

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /lə.ɡʱuː/, [l̪ə.ɡʱuː]

लघु • (laghu) (indeclinable)

1. light, small, short

   मेरा मित्र लघु उद्योग में काम करता है।

   merā mitra laghu udyog mẽ kām kartā hai.

   My friend works in the field of light industry.

   लघु फ़िल्म ― laghu film ― short film

   Synonym: छोटा (choṭā)

• रघु (raghú)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hlagʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλαχύς (elakhús), Latin levis, English light.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɡʱú/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɐ.ɡʱu/

लघु • (laghú)

1. light, quick, swift, active, prompt, nimble etc. also said of a particular mode of flying peculiar to birds; applied to the नक्षत्र (nakṣatra), हस्त (hasta), अश्विनी (aśvinī) and पुष्य (puṣya)
2. light, easy, not heavy or difficult
3. light in the stomach, easily digested
4. easy in mind, light-hearted
5. causing easiness or relief
6. well, in good health, healthy
7. unimpeded, without attendance or a retinue
8. short (in time, as a suppression of the breath)
9. (prosody) short or light (as a vowel or syllable, as opposed to गुरु (guru))
10. (grammar) easily pronounced or articulated (said of the pronunciation of व (va), as opposed to मध्यम (madhyama) and गुरु (guru))
11. small, minute, slight, little, insignificant
12. weak, feeble, wretched, humble, mean, low (said of persons)
13. young, younger

    लघुभ्रातृ (laghú-bhrātṛ) — a younger brother

14. clean, pure

    लघुवासस् (laghú-vāsas) — wearing a light or clean dress

15. soft, gentle (as sound)
16. pleasing, agreeable, handsome, beautiful

• Pali: lahu
• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu)
  • Old Gujarati: लहु (lahu)
• →Tatsama:

  • Hindi: लघु (laghu)

लघु • (laghú)

1. lightly, quickly, easily

लघु • (laghú) f

1. (botany) Trigonella corniculata

• Trigonella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trigonella corniculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

लघु • (laghú) m

1. light carriage
2. slender or delicate woman

लघु • (laghú) n

1. a particular measure of time (= 15 of काष्ठा (kāṣṭhā) 1÷15 नाडिका (nāḍikā))
2. a particular species of Agalochum
3. the root of Chrysopogon zizanioides, formerly Andropogon muricatus

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• Andropogon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Monier Williams (1899), “लघु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0893.