لنگ

لنگ

Mazanderani

Noun

لنگ (ling)

1. leg

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Northern Kurdish

Noun

لنگ (ling) m

1. Arabic spelling of ling

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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

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).

لنگ • (long)

1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

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Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪŋɡ/

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 (liṅgō̃)
vocative	لِن٘گ‎ (liṅg)	لِن٘گو‎ (liṅgō)

Further reading

• “لِن٘گ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “liṅga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.