# लघु
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लघु (laghú).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /lə.ɡʱuː/, [lɐ.ɡʱuː]

### Adjective

लघु • (laghu) (indeclinable)
* light, small, short
    Synonym: छोटा (choṭā)
    मेरा मित्र लघु उद्योग में काम करता है।merā mitra laghu udyog mẽ kām kartā hai.My friend works in the field of light industry.
    लघु फ़िल्म ― laghu film ― short film

#### Derived terms

* लघु-शंका (laghu-śaṅkā)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* লঘু (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬖᬸ (Balinese script)
* লঘু (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰑𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀖𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* လဃု (Burmese script)
* લઘુ (Gujarati script)
* ਲਘੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌘𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦓꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂐𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಘು (Kannada script)
* លឃុ (Khmer script)
* ລຆຸ (Lao script)
* ലഘു (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠᢚᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘑𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠᠺᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑦱𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐑𑐸 (Newa script)
* ଲଘୁ (Odia script)
* ꢭꢕꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆔𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖑𑖲 (Siddham script)
* ලඝු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩟𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚍𑚰 (Takri script)
* லகு⁴ (Tamil script)
* లఘు (Telugu script)
* ลฆุ (Thai script)
* ལ་གྷུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒒𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨎𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Alternative forms

* रघु (raghú)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hlagʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλαχύς (elakhús), Latin levis, English light.

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /lɐ.ɡʱú/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈl̪ɐ.ɡʱu/

#### Adjective

लघु • (laghú) stem (comparative लघीयस्, superlative लघिष्ठ)
* light, quick, swift, active, prompt, nimble etc. also said of a particular mode of flying peculiar to birds; applied to the नक्षत्र (nakṣatra), हस्त (hasta), अश्विनी (aśvinī) and पुष्य (puṣya)
* light, easy, not heavy or difficult
* light in the stomach, easily digested
* easy in mind, light-hearted
* causing easiness or relief
* well, in good health, healthy
* unimpeded, without attendance or a retinue
* short (in time, as a suppression of the breath)
* (prosody) short or light (as a vowel or syllable, as opposed to गुरु (guru))
* (grammar) easily pronounced or articulated (said of the pronunciation of व (va), as opposed to मध्यम (madhyama) and गुरु (guru))
* small, minute, slight, little, insignificant
* weak, feeble, wretched, humble, mean, low (said of persons)
* young, younger
    लघुभ्रातृ (laghúbhrātṛ) — a younger brother
* clean, pure
    लघुवासस् (laghúvāsas) — wearing a light or clean dress
* soft, gentle (as sound)
* pleasing, agreeable, handsome, beautiful

##### Descendants

* Pali: lahu
* Prakrit: 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu)
** Old Gujarati: लहु (lahu)
* → Hindi: लघु (laghu) (learned)

#### Adverb

लघु • (laghú)
* lightly, quickly, easily

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

लघु • (laghú) stem, f
* (botany) Trigonella corniculata

##### See also

* Trigonella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Trigonella corniculata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

लघु • (laghú) stem, m
* light carriage
* slender or delicate woman

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Noun

लघु • (laghú) stem, n
* a particular measure of time (= 15 of काष्ठा (kāṣṭhā) 1÷15 नाडिका (nāḍikā))
* a particular species of Agalochum
* the root of Chrysopogon zizanioides, formerly Andropogon muricatus

##### See also

* Andropogon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Andropogon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “लघु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0893.