लाघव
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit लाघव (lāghava).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /lɑː.ɡʱəʋ/, [läː.ɡʱɐʋ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːɡʱəʋ
Noun
लाघव • (lāghav) m
- quickness, swiftness
- Synonyms: फुर्ती (phurtī), तेज़ी (tezī)
- dexterity, skill
- lightness
- Synonym: हल्कापन (halkāpan)
- smallness, minuteness; insignificance
- Synonyms: छोटापन (choṭāpan), अल्पता (alpatā), लघुता (laghutā)
- levity, frivolity
- (prosody) shortness (of a vowel or syllable)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | लाघव lāghav |
लाघव lāghav |
| oblique | लाघव lāghav |
लाघवों lāghavõ |
| vocative | लाघव lāghav |
लाघवो lāghavo |
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
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.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | लाघवम् (lāghavam) | लाघवे (lāghave) | लाघवानि (lāghavāni) लाघवा¹ (lāghavā¹) |
| accusative | लाघवम् (lāghavam) | लाघवे (lāghave) | लाघवानि (lāghavāni) लाघवा¹ (lāghavā¹) |
| instrumental | लाघवेन (lāghavena) | लाघवाभ्याम् (lāghavābhyām) | लाघवैः (lāghavaiḥ) लाघवेभिः¹ (lāghavebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | लाघवाय (lāghavāya) | लाघवाभ्याम् (lāghavābhyām) | लाघवेभ्यः (lāghavebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | लाघवात् (lāghavāt) | लाघवाभ्याम् (lāghavābhyām) | लाघवेभ्यः (lāghavebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | लाघवस्य (lāghavasya) | लाघवयोः (lāghavayoḥ) | लाघवानाम् (lāghavānām) |
| locative | लाघवे (lāghave) | लाघवयोः (lāghavayoḥ) | लाघवेषु (lāghaveṣu) |
| vocative | लाघव (lāghava) | लाघवे (lāghave) | लाघवानि (lāghavāni) लाघवा¹ (lāghavā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
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.