لغو

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Arabic

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Root
ل غ و (l ḡ w)
8 terms

Noun

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لَغْو (laḡwm

  1. verbal noun of لَغَا (laḡā) (form I)
  2. blather, blither, prattle, babbling, rambling, prating
    1. redundancy, superfluity; wordiness, verbosity
    2. nonsense, gibberishness; absurdity
  3. uttering oaths hastily, carelessly, or inattentively, ejaculation, swearing

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: ləğv
  • Kazakh: лағу (lağu)
  • Ottoman Turkish: لغو (lağv)
  • Persian: لغو (lağv)

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? lağū
Dari reading? lağū, lağwa
Iranian reading? lağv
Tajik reading? laġv

Adjective

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Dari لغو
Iranian Persian
Tajik лағв

لغو (lağv)

  1. nonsensical
  2. absurd
  3. improper

Noun

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لغو (lağv)

  1. nonsense
  2. gibberish
  3. cancellation
  4. abolition

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian لغو (lağw), from Arabic لَغْو (laḡw). Related to لغوی (luğavī, belonging to a language).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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لغو (lağv)

  1. nonsensical
  2. absurd
  3. improper

Noun

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لغو (lağvm

  1. nonsense
  2. gibberish