لغوی

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [lʊ.ɣä.wíː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [lʊ.ɣä.wíː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [lu.ɣä.wí]

Readings
Classical reading? luğawī
Dari reading? luğawī
Iranian reading? loğavi
Tajik reading? luġavī

Adjective

لُغَوی • (loğavi)

  1. lexical, verbal

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لغوی (luğawī), from Arabic لُغَوِيّ (luḡawiyy). Related to لغو (lağv, “nonsense”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

لُغَوی • (luğavī) (Hindi spelling लुग़वी)

  1. belonging to a language, literal, verbal, lexical
  2. dictionary writer or author

References
  • “لغوی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لغوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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