لوطی
See also: لوطي and لوتی
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic لُوطِيّ (lūṭiyy).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /luː.ˈtiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [luː.t̪ʰíː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [luː.t̪ʰíː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [lu.t̪ʰí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | lūtī |
| Dari reading? | lūtī |
| Iranian reading? | luti |
| Tajik reading? | luti |
Noun
لوطی • (luti)
- the people of Lot or Sodom
- a homosexual, a sodomite, a pederast
- a libertine, impudent, profligate, dissolute fellow, a gambler, a drunkard
Derived terms
- لوطی پوطی (luti-puti)
Descendants
- → Armenian: լոթի (lotʻi)
- → Azerbaijani: lotu
- → Georgian: ლოთი (loti)
- → Northern Kurdish: lotî
- → Ottoman Turkish: لوطی (luti)
- Turkish: luti
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لوطی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1132a
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لوطی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press