لغو

Arabic

Root
ل غ و (l ḡ w)
8 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of لَغَا (laḡā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɣw/

Noun

لَغْو • (laḡw) m

verbal noun of لَغَا (laḡā) (form I)
blather, blither, prattle, babbling, rambling, prating
1. redundancy, superfluity; wordiness, verbosity
2. nonsense, gibberishness; absurdity
uttering oaths hastily, carelessly, or inattentively, ejaculation, swearing

Declension

Declension of noun **لَغْو** (laḡw)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	لَغْو laḡw	اللَّغْو al-laḡw	لَغْو laḡw
nominative	لَغْوٌ laḡwun	اللَّغْوُ al-laḡwu	لَغْوُ laḡwu
accusative	لَغْوًا laḡwan	اللَّغْوَ al-laḡwa	لَغْوَ laḡwa
genitive	لَغْوٍ laḡwin	اللَّغْوِ al-laḡwi	لَغْوِ laḡwi

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: ləğv
→ Kazakh: лағу (lağu)
→ Ottoman Turkish: لغو (lağv)
- Turkish: lağıv, whence laga luga (informal) - (nonsense, gibberishness)
→ Persian: لغو (laġv)
- → Urdu: لغو (lagv)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /la.ˈɣuː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣuː], [läɣ.wä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣuː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lä.ɣu]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læɢv]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läʁw]

Readings
Classical reading^?	laġū
Dari reading^?	laġū, laġwa
Iranian reading^?	laġv
Tajik reading^?	laġv

Adjective


Iranian Persian	لغو
Dari	لغو
Tajik	лағв

لغو • (laġv)

Noun

لغو • (laġv)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (laġw), from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw). Related to لغوی (luğavī, “belonging to a language”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ləɣʋ/

Adjective

لغو • (lağv)

Noun

لغو • (lağv) m