لفظ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb form I from the root ل ف ظ (l-f-ẓ).

Verb

لَفَظَ • (lafaẓa) I (non-past يَلْفِظُ (yalfiẓu), verbal noun لَفْظ (lafẓ))

1. (transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to emit

   لَفَظَ ٱلنَّفَسَ ٱلْأَخِيرَ / آخِرَ أَنْفَاسِهِ

   lafaẓa n-nafasa l-ʔaḵīra / ʔāḵira ʔanfāsihi

   to emit one's last breath

2. (transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to spit out
3. (transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to eject
4. (transitive, with accusative and مِنْ (min)) to throw out
5. to speak, enunciate, articulate
6. (transitive, with accusative or بِـ (bi-)) to pronounce, utter, express, say

Conjugation

    Conjugation of لَفَظَ (I, sound, a ~ i, full passive (?), verbal noun لَفْظ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						لَفْظ lafẓ
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						لَافِظ lāfiẓ
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَلْفُوظ malfūẓ
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لَفَظْتُ lafaẓtu	لَفَظْتَ lafaẓta	لَفَظَ lafaẓa		لَفَظْتُمَا lafaẓtumā	لَفَظَا lafaẓā		لَفَظْنَا lafaẓnā	لَفَظْتُمْ lafaẓtum	لَفَظُوا lafaẓū
	f		لَفَظْتِ lafaẓti	لَفَظَتْ lafaẓat			لَفَظَتَا lafaẓatā			لَفَظْتُنَّ lafaẓtunna	لَفَظْنَ lafaẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَلْفِظُ ʔalfiẓu	تَلْفِظُ talfiẓu	يَلْفِظُ yalfiẓu		تَلْفِظَانِ talfiẓāni	يَلْفِظَانِ yalfiẓāni		نَلْفِظُ nalfiẓu	تَلْفِظُونَ talfiẓūna	يَلْفِظُونَ yalfiẓūna
	f		تَلْفِظِينَ talfiẓīna	تَلْفِظُ talfiẓu			تَلْفِظَانِ talfiẓāni			تَلْفِظْنَ talfiẓna	يَلْفِظْنَ yalfiẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَلْفِظَ ʔalfiẓa	تَلْفِظَ talfiẓa	يَلْفِظَ yalfiẓa		تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	يَلْفِظَا yalfiẓā		نَلْفِظَ nalfiẓa	تَلْفِظُوا talfiẓū	يَلْفِظُوا yalfiẓū
	f		تَلْفِظِي talfiẓī	تَلْفِظَ talfiẓa			تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā			تَلْفِظْنَ talfiẓna	يَلْفِظْنَ yalfiẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَلْفِظْ ʔalfiẓ	تَلْفِظْ talfiẓ	يَلْفِظْ yalfiẓ		تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā	يَلْفِظَا yalfiẓā		نَلْفِظْ nalfiẓ	تَلْفِظُوا talfiẓū	يَلْفِظُوا yalfiẓū
	f		تَلْفِظِي talfiẓī	تَلْفِظْ talfiẓ			تَلْفِظَا talfiẓā			تَلْفِظْنَ talfiẓna	يَلْفِظْنَ yalfiẓna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِلْفِظْ ilfiẓ			اِلْفِظَا ilfiẓā				اِلْفِظُوا ilfiẓū
	f		اِلْفِظِي ilfiẓī							اِلْفِظْنَ ilfiẓna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	لُفِظْتُ lufiẓtu	لُفِظْتَ lufiẓta	لُفِظَ lufiẓa		لُفِظْتُمَا lufiẓtumā	لُفِظَا lufiẓā		لُفِظْنَا lufiẓnā	لُفِظْتُمْ lufiẓtum	لُفِظُوا lufiẓū
	f		لُفِظْتِ lufiẓti	لُفِظَتْ lufiẓat			لُفِظَتَا lufiẓatā			لُفِظْتُنَّ lufiẓtunna	لُفِظْنَ lufiẓna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُلْفَظُ ʔulfaẓu	تُلْفَظُ tulfaẓu	يُلْفَظُ yulfaẓu		تُلْفَظَانِ tulfaẓāni	يُلْفَظَانِ yulfaẓāni		نُلْفَظُ nulfaẓu	تُلْفَظُونَ tulfaẓūna	يُلْفَظُونَ yulfaẓūna
	f		تُلْفَظِينَ tulfaẓīna	تُلْفَظُ tulfaẓu			تُلْفَظَانِ tulfaẓāni			تُلْفَظْنَ tulfaẓna	يُلْفَظْنَ yulfaẓna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُلْفَظَ ʔulfaẓa	تُلْفَظَ tulfaẓa	يُلْفَظَ yulfaẓa		تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	يُلْفَظَا yulfaẓā		نُلْفَظَ nulfaẓa	تُلْفَظُوا tulfaẓū	يُلْفَظُوا yulfaẓū
	f		تُلْفَظِي tulfaẓī	تُلْفَظَ tulfaẓa			تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā			تُلْفَظْنَ tulfaẓna	يُلْفَظْنَ yulfaẓna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُلْفَظْ ʔulfaẓ	تُلْفَظْ tulfaẓ	يُلْفَظْ yulfaẓ		تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā	يُلْفَظَا yulfaẓā		نُلْفَظْ nulfaẓ	تُلْفَظُوا tulfaẓū	يُلْفَظُوا yulfaẓū
	f		تُلْفَظِي tulfaẓī	تُلْفَظْ tulfaẓ			تُلْفَظَا tulfaẓā			تُلْفَظْنَ tulfaẓna	يُلْفَظْنَ yulfaẓna

Derived terms

• لَفَظَ أَنْفَاسَهُ الْأَخِيرَة (lafaẓa ʔanfāsahu l-ʔaḵīra, “to breathe one's last breath, die”)
• لَفَظَ أَنْفَاسَهُ (lafaẓa ʔanfāsahu, “to be in the throes of death”, literally “to release one's breaths”)
• لَفَظَ رُوحَهُ (lafaẓa rūḥahu, “to give up the ghost”, literally “to release one's spirit”)
• لَفَظَ لَفْظَ ٱلنَّوَاةِ (lafaẓa lafẓa n-nawāti, “to brush aside, reject”, literally “to spit the spitting of a date pit”)

Etymology 2

Root
ل ف ظ (l f ẓ)
4 terms

Verbal noun from لَفَظَ (lafaẓa).

Noun

لَفْظ • (lafẓ) m (plural أَلْفَاظ (ʔalfāẓ))

1. expression, term, word
   • Ibn Malik

     كَلَامُنَا لَفْظٌ مُفِيدٌ كَٱسْتَقِمْ / وَٱسْمٌ وَفِعْلٌ ثُمَّ حَرْفٌ ٱلْكَلِم

     kalāmunā lafẓun mufīdun kastaqim / wasmun wafiʕlun ṯumma ḥarfun l-kalim

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. wording, formulation
3. articulation, enunciation, pronunciation

Declension

Declension of noun لَفْظ (lafẓ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَفْظ lafẓ	اللَّفْظ al-lafẓ	لَفْظ lafẓ
Nominative	لَفْظٌ lafẓun	اللَّفْظُ al-lafẓu	لَفْظُ lafẓu
Accusative	لَفْظًا lafẓan	اللَّفْظَ al-lafẓa	لَفْظَ lafẓa
Genitive	لَفْظٍ lafẓin	اللَّفْظِ al-lafẓi	لَفْظِ lafẓi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	لَفْظَيْن lafẓayn	اللَّفْظَيْن al-lafẓayn	لَفْظَيْ lafẓay
Nominative	لَفْظَانِ lafẓāni	اللَّفْظَانِ al-lafẓāni	لَفْظَا lafẓā
Accusative	لَفْظَيْنِ lafẓayni	اللَّفْظَيْنِ al-lafẓayni	لَفْظَيْ lafẓay
Genitive	لَفْظَيْنِ lafẓayni	اللَّفْظَيْنِ al-lafẓayni	لَفْظَيْ lafẓay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَلْفَاظ ʔalfāẓ	الْأَلْفَاظ al-ʔalfāẓ	أَلْفَاظ ʔalfāẓ
Nominative	أَلْفَاظٌ ʔalfāẓun	الْأَلْفَاظُ al-ʔalfāẓu	أَلْفَاظُ ʔalfāẓu
Accusative	أَلْفَاظًا ʔalfāẓan	الْأَلْفَاظَ al-ʔalfāẓa	أَلْفَاظَ ʔalfāẓa
Genitive	أَلْفَاظٍ ʔalfāẓin	الْأَلْفَاظِ al-ʔalfāẓi	أَلْفَاظِ ʔalfāẓi

Derived terms

• لَفْظًا (lafẓan, “verbatim, literally”)
• لَفْظًا وَمَعْنًى (lafẓan wa-maʕnan, “in letter and spirit”)
• أَخْطَأَ ٱللَّفْظَ (ʔaḵṭaʔa l-lafẓa, “to mispronounce”)
• لَفْظِيّ (lafẓiyy, “verbal, literal, pronounced, oral”)
• لَفْظَة (lafẓa, “a word, saying”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ləfz
• → Kazakh: лебіз (lebız)
• → Hausa: lafazi
• → Indonesian: lafaz, lafal
• → Persian: لفظ
  • → Bengali: লফজ (lophoj)
  • → Dhivehi: ލަފުޒު (lafuzu)
  • → Gujarati: લફ્જ (laphj)
  • → Punjabi: ਲਫ਼ਜ਼ (lafaz)
  • → Hindi: लफ़्ज़ (lafz)
  • → Urdu: لفظ
    • → Ushojo: لفظ
• → Ottoman Turkish: لفظ
  • Turkish: lafız
• → Swahili: lafudhi
• → Uzbek: lafz

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “لفظ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Persian

Alternative forms

• لبظ (labz) (dialectal, Sistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [lafz]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läfz]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [läfz]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [läfz]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [läfz]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [læfz]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [läfz]

Readings
Classical reading?	lafz
Dari reading?	lafz
Iranian reading?	lafz
Tajik reading?	lafz

Noun

لفظ • (lafz) (plural الفاظ)

1. pronunciation, utterance
2. word, vocable

Noun

لفظ • (lafz) (verbal noun)

1. pronouncing, articulating
2. ejecting, throwing out (from the mouth)

Further reading

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لفظ”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لفظ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Saraiki

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَفْظ (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləvz/

Noun

لَفْظ (lafz̤) m

1. word

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ل ف ظ
1 term

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَفَظَ (lafaẓa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.fazˤ/, [ˈlˤɑ.fɑzˤ]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

لفظ • (lafaẓ) I (present بلفظ (bolfoẓ))

1. to pronounce

Conjugation

Conjugation of لفظ (lafaẓ)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	لفظت (lafaẓt)	لفظت (lafaẓt)	لفظ (lafaẓ)		لفظنا (lafaẓna)	لفظتو (lafaẓtu)	لفظو (lafaẓu)
	f		لفظتي (lafaẓti)	لفظت (lafẓat)
present	m	بلفظ (balfoẓ)	بتلفظ (btolfoẓ)	بلفظ (bolfoẓ)		منلفظ (mnolfoẓ)	بتلفظو (btolfoẓu)	بلفظو (bolfoẓu)
	f		بتلفظي (btolfoẓi)	بتلفظ (btolfoẓ)
subjunctive	m	ألفظ (ʔalfoẓ)	تلفظ (tolfoẓ)	يلفظ (yolfoẓ)		نلفظ (nolfoẓ)	تلفظو (tolfoẓu)	يلفظو (yolfoẓu)
	f		تلفظي (tolfoẓi)	تلفظ (tolfoẓ)
imperative	m		الفظ (olfoẓ)				الفظو (olfoẓu)
	f		الفظي (olfoẓi)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lafzˤ/, [lɑfsˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Noun

لفظ • (lafẓ) m

1. pronunciation, accent

Derived terms

• لفظ سيئ (lafẓ sayyeʔ, “bad word, cussword”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لَفْظ (lafz), from Arabic لَفْظ (lafẓ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ləfz/
• Rhymes: -əfz

• Audio (India):

  (file)

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ləfz̥/, /ləvz/

Noun

لَفْظ • (lafz) m (formal plural الفاظ, Hindi spelling लफ़्ज़)

1. word, term

   میں دو لفظوں میں یہ بیاں نہیں کر سکتا۔

   ma͠i dō lafzō̃ mē̃ ye bayā̃ nahī̃ kar saktā.

   I cannot express this in only two words.

Declension

Colloquial:

Declension of لفظ
	singular	plural
direct	لَفْظ (lafz)	لَفْظ (lafz)
oblique	لَفْظ (lafz)	لَفْظوں (lafzõ)
vocative	لَفْظ (lafz)	لَفْظو (lafzo)

Formal:

Declension of لفظ
	singular	plural
direct	لَفْظ (lafz)	اَلْفاظ (alfāz)
oblique	لَفْظ (lafz)	اَلْفاظ (alfāz)
vocative	لَفْظ (lafz)	اَلْفاظ (alfāz)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “لفظ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “لفظ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• “لفظ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لفظ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “لفظ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “لفظ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu لفظ (lafz).

Noun

لفظ (lafz)

1. word, term