لنگ

Mazanderani

Alternative forms

• لینگ (ling)

Noun

لنگ (ling)

1. leg

Northern Kurdish

Noun

لنگ (ling) m

1. Arabic spelling of ling

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Pashto [script needed] (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).

Adjective

لنگ • (lang)

1. lame, cripple
2. limp

Descendants

• → Armenian: լանկ (lank)

Noun

لنگ • (leng)

1. leg

Etymology 2

Shortened from لنگوته (longute).

لنگ • (long)

1. a traditional towel used after bathing.

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (liṃga), from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lɪŋɡ/

Noun

لِن٘گ • (liṅg) m (Hindi spelling लिंग)

1. (also in grammar) gender
2. (anatomy) penis

   Synonyms: لَنْڈ (laṇḍ), عضو تناسل (ālā-e-tanāsul), شِشْن (śisna)

   1. (Hinduism) lingam
3. (rare) mark, sign

Declension

Declension of لنگ
	singular	plural
direct	لِن٘گ (liṅg)	لِن٘گ (liṅg)
oblique	لِن٘گ (liṅg)	لِن٘گوں (liṅgõ)
vocative	لِن٘گ (liṅg)	لِن٘گو (liṅgo)

Further reading

• “لِن٘گ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “liṅga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.