لغت

See also: لعب

Azerbaijani

Noun

لغت (lüğət) (definite accusative لغتی (lüğəti), plural لغتلر (lüğətlər))

1. Arabic spelling of lüğət (“dictionary”)

Declension

Declension of لغت

	singular	plural
nominative	لغت	لغتلر
definite accusative	لغتی	لغتلری
dative	لغته	لغتلره
locative	لغتده	لغتلرده
ablative	لغتدن	لغتلردن
definite genitive	لغتین	لغتلرین

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa, “language; dialect; jargon”).

Noun

لغت • (lügat or lüğat) (definite accusative لغتی (lügati), plural لغات (lügat))

1. language, idiom, a body of words understood by a community and used as a form of communication

   Synonym: لسان (lisân)

2. word, the smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself

   Synonyms: سوز (söz), كلمه (kelime)

3. 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”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: lügat
• → Crimean Tatar: luğat
• → Laz: ლუგათი (lugati)

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^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 662
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لغت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], 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^[3], 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^[4], Vienna, column 4182
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lugat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لغت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1635

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lu.ɣat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lʊ.ɣät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lu.ɣät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [lo.ɢæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lu.ʁät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	luğat
Dari reading?	luğat
Iranian reading?	loğat
Tajik reading?	luġat

Noun

Dari	لغت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	луғат

لغت • (loğat) (plural لغت‌ها (loğat-hâ) or لغات (loğât))

1. word

   Synonyms: کلمه (kalame), واژه (vâže)

2. vocabulary

   Synonym: واژگان (vâžegân)

3. dictionary, lexicon

   Synonyms: فرهنگ (farhang), قاموس (qâmus), لغت‌نامه (loğat-nâme), واژه‌نامه (vâže-nâme)

4. dialect

   Synonym: لهجه (lahje)

5. language

   Synonym: زبان (zabân)

Derived terms

• لغت‌نامه (loğat-nâme)

Etymology 2

Compare لگد (lagad, “kick”).

Noun

لغت • (lağat)

1. (dialectal, Tehran: some people, Bushehr, Kazerun, Sabzevar, Dashtestan) kick

Sindhi

Etymology

From Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

Noun

لُغَتِ • (luġati) f (Devanagari लुग़ति)

1. dictionary

   Synonyms: کوش (koś), فَرھَنگَ (farhanga)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لغت (luğat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lʊ.ɣət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

لُغَت • (luġat) m or f (formal plural لغات, Hindi spelling लुग़त)

1. dictionary, lexicon
2. language, dialect, idiom

Declension

Declension of لغت
	singular	plural
direct	لغت (luġat)	لغت (luġat)
oblique	لغت (luġat)	لغتوں (luġatõ)
vocative	لغت (luġat)	لغتو (luġato)

Declension of لغت
	singular	plural
direct	لغت (luġat)	لغتیں (luġatẽ)
oblique	لغت (luġat)	لغتوں (luġatõ)
vocative	لغت (luġat)	لغتو (luġato)

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.