# لغت
## Azerbaijani
### Noun

لغت (lüğət) (definite accusative لغتی (lüğəti), plural لغتلر (lüğətlər))
* Arabic spelling of lüğət (“dictionary”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa, “language; dialect; jargon”).

### Noun

لغت • (lügat or lüğat) (definite accusative لغتی (lügati), plural لغات (lügat))
* language, idiom, a body of words understood by a community and used as a form of communication
    Synonym: لسان (lisân)
* word, the smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself
    Synonyms: سوز (söz), كلمه (kelime)
* dictionary, glossary, vocabulary, a reference work with a list of words from one or more languages
    Synonyms: قاموس (kamus), لغت كتابی (lügat kitabı)

#### Derived terms

* اهل لغت (ehl-i lügat, “lexicologist”)
* علم لغت (ʼilm-i lügat, “lexicology”)
* لغت كتابی (lügat kitabı, “dictionary, vocabulary”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: lügat
* → Crimean Tatar: luğat
* → Laz: ლუგათი (lugati)

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lügat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2986
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “lûgat”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 662
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لغت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1079
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lingua”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 955
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “لغة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4182
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lugat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لغت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1635

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [lu.ɣat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [lʊ.ɣät̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [lʊ.ɣät̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [lʊ.ɣät̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [lu.ɣät̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [lo.ɢæt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [lu.ʁät̪]

#### Noun

| Dari | لغت |
| Iranian Persian | لغت |
| Tajik | луғат |
لغت • (loğat) (plural لغت‌ها (loğat-hâ) or لغات (loğât))
* word
    Synonyms: کلمه (kalame), واژه (vâže)
* vocabulary
    Synonym: واژگان (vâžegân)
* dictionary, lexicon
    Synonyms: فرهنگ (farhang), قاموس (qâmus), لغت‌نامه (loğat-nâme), واژه‌نامه (vâže-nâme)
* dialect
    Synonym: لهجه (lahje)
* language
    Synonym: زبان (zabân)

##### Derived terms

* لغت‌نامه (loğat-nâme)

##### Descendants

* → Gujarati: લુગત (lugat)
* → Middle Hindi: لغت (lġt /⁠luġat⁠/)
** Hindustani: luġat
    Hindi: लुग़त
    Urdu: لُغَت
* → Punjabi: luġat
    Gurmukhi script: ਲੁਗ਼ਤ
    Shahmukhi script: لَُغَت
* → Sindhi: luġati
    Arabic script: لُغَتِ
    Devanagari script: लुग़ति
    Khudabadi script: 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡

### Etymology 2

Compare لگد (lagad, “kick”).

#### Noun

لغت • (lağat)
* (dialectal, Tehran: some people, Bushehr, Kazerun, Sabzevar, Dashtestan) kick

## Sindhi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت (luğat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa).

### Noun

لُغَتِ • (luġati) f (Devanagari लुग़ति, Khudawadi 𑋚𑋣𑊼𑋩𑋍𑋡)
* dictionary
    Synonyms: کوش (koś), فَرھَنگَ (farhanga)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لُغَت (luğat), from Arabic لُغَة (luḡa). First attested in 1707 as Middle Hindi لغت (lġt /⁠luġat⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /lʊ.ɣət̪/
* Rhymes: -ət̪
* Hyphenation: لُ‧غَت

### Noun

لُغَت • (luġat) m or f (formal plural لُغات (luġāt), Hindi spelling लुग़त)
* dictionary, lexicon
    Synonyms: فَرْہَن٘گ (farhaṅg), قامُوس (qāmūs), شَبْدَکوش (śabdakoś)
* language, dialect, idiom

#### Declension

Declension of لغت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | لُغَت (luġat) | لُغَت (luġat) |
| oblique | لُغَت (luġat) | لُغَتوں (luġatõ) |
| vocative | لُغَت (luġat) | لُغَتو (luġato) |
Declension of لغت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | لُغَت (luġat) | لُغَتیں (luġatẽ) |
| oblique | لُغَت (luġat) | لُغَتوں (luġatõ) |
| vocative | لُغَت (luġat) | لُغَتو (luġato) |

### References

* ↑ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “lugat”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 512.
* ↑ “لغت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* ↑ “لغت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
* ↑ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لغت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 547