لغوی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? luġawī
Dari reading? luġawī
Iranian reading? loġavi
Tajik reading? luġavi

Adjective

لُغَوی • (loġavi)

  1. lexical, verbal

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لغوی (luġawī), from Arabic لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy). Related to لغو (lağv, “nonsense”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

لُغَوی • (luğavī) (Hindi spelling लुग़वी)

  1. belonging to a language, literal, verbal, lexical
  2. dictionary writer or author
  3. (terminology, linguistics) lexical, dictionary

References

  • “لغوی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لغوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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