# लाघव
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लाघव (lāghava).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /lɑː.ɡʱəʋ/, [läː.ɡʱɐʋ]
* Rhymes: -ɑːɡʱəʋ

### Noun

लाघव • (lāghav) m
* quickness, swiftness
    Synonyms: फुर्ती (phurtī), तेज़ी (tezī)
* dexterity, skill
    Synonyms: कुशलता (kuśaltā), दक्षता (dakṣatā), निपुणता (nipuṇtā), हाथ की सफ़ाई (hāth kī safāī)
* lightness
    Synonym: हल्कापन (halkāpan)
* smallness, minuteness; insignificance
    Synonyms: छोटापन (choṭāpan), अल्पता (alpatā), लघुता (laghutā)
* levity, frivolity
* (prosody) shortness (of a vowel or syllable)

#### Derived terms

* प्रयत्नलाघव (prayatnalāghav)
* लाघवी (lāghvī)
* हस्तलाघव (hastalāghav)

#### Related terms

* लघु (laghu)
* लघुता (laghutā)
* लाघविक (lāghvik)
* लाघवी (lāghvī)

### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लाघव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4280
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “लाघव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 891
* Platts, John T. (1884) “لاگهو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 946
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “लाघव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 672

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* লাঘৱ (Assamese script)
* ᬮᬵᬖᬯ (Balinese script)
* লাঘব (Bengali script)
* 𑰩𑰯𑰑𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀮𑀸𑀖𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* လာဃဝ (Burmese script)
* લાઘવ (Gujarati script)
* ਲਾਘਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌲𑌾𑌘𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦭꦴꦓꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂪𑂰𑂐𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ಲಾಘವ (Kannada script)
* លាឃវ (Khmer script)
* ລາຆວ (Lao script)
* ലാഘവ (Malayalam script)
* ᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘩𑘰𑘑𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠯᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧉𑧑𑦱𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐮𑐵𑐑𑐰 (Newa script)
* ଲାଘଵ (Odia script)
* ꢭꢵꢕꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆬𑆳𑆔𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖩𑖯𑖑𑖪 (Siddham script)
* ලාඝව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩽𑩛𑩟𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚥𑚭𑚍𑚦 (Takri script)
* லாக⁴வ (Tamil script)
* లాఘవ (Telugu script)
* ลาฆว (Thai script)
* ལཱ་གྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒪𑒰𑒒𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨬𑨊𑨎𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of लघु (laghu).

### Noun

लाघव • (lāghava) stem, n
* swiftness, rapidity, speed MBh. R.
* alacrity, versatility, dexterity, skill MBh. Kāv. &c.
* lightness (also of heart), ease, relief Mn. Yājñ. Suṡr.
* levity, thoughtlessness, inconsiderateness, rashness R. Kathās.
* insignificance, unimportance, smallness R. Mālav. MārkP.
* (prosody) shortness of a vowel or syllable (opp. to गौरव), Piṅg.
* shortness of expression, brevity, conciseness Sarvad. Kāty. Sch.
* lack of weight or consequence, derogation of dignity, slight, disrespect MBh. Kāv. &c.

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: লাঘব (laghob)
* → Hindi: लाघव (lāghav)
* → Kannada: ಲಾಘವ (lāghava)
* → Malayalam: ലാഘവം (lāghavaṁ)
* → Marathi: लाघव (lāghav)
* → Old Javanese: lāghawa
** > Javanese: ꦊꦒꦮ (legawa) (inherited)
* → Odia: ଲାଘବ (lāghaba)
* → Tamil: லாகவம் (lākavam)
* → Telugu: లాఘవము (lāghavamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “लाघव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0899.