لنگ

Mazanderani

Alternative forms

Noun

لنگ (ling)

  1. leg

Northern Kurdish

Noun

لنگ (ling) m

  1. Arabic spelling of ling

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Pashto [script needed] (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).[1]

Adjective

لنگ • (lang)

  1. lame, cripple
  2. limp
Descendants
  • → Armenian: լանկ (lank)

Noun

لنگ • (leng)

  1. leg

References

  1. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 63—64

Etymology 2

Shortened from لنگوته (longute).

Noun

لنگ • (long)

  1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (liṃga), from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Pronunciation

Noun

لِن٘گ • (liṅg) m (Hindi spelling लिंग)

  1. (also in grammar) gender
  2. (anatomy) penis
    Synonyms: لَنْڈ (laṇḍ), عضو تناسل (ālā-e-tanāsul), شِشْن (śisna)
    1. (Hinduism) lingam
  3. (rare) mark, sign

Declension

Declension of لنگ
singular plural
direct لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گ (liṅg)
oblique لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گوں (liṅgõ)
vocative لِن٘گ (liṅg) لِن٘گو (liṅgo)

Further reading

  • “لِن٘گ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “liṅga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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