لغويات lag̠ẖwiyāt A s. plur. (of لغوي) Vain, fool- ish words or speeches, nonsense.

لکڙي lakṛī H s. f. (dakh. s. m.) 1. Wood, timber, a staff, stick. 2. (met.) adj. Stiff.

لبلب lublub A adj. Kind, benevolent to infe- riours.

ل lām the twenty-third letter of the Arabic, and twenty-seventh of the Persian alphabet, corres- ponds to ल in Sanskrit. It is one of the eight dental letters in Arabic, and its sound is that of the English l. In the denotation of numbers by the letters of the Arabic alphabet, it stands for 30: and, by way of abbreviation, it may repre- sent the month شوال. Its permutations are, 1. In Persian and Hindūstānī into ر and vice versa; as, زرو zarū for زلو zalū, A leech; بار for بال Hair; ديوال for ديوار A wall; تلوار for تروار A sword. 2. In Arabic, in

لـﮩک lahak H (from لـﮩکنا) s. f. Glitter, flash.

لنگڙا langṛā P. (from لنگ) adj. Lame, cripple. P. H. لنگڙانا langṛā-nā, v. n. To limp.

لغو lag̠ẖo A adj. Preposterous, contemptible, ab- surd, false.

ليپاليپ lep-ā-lep S̱. s. m. Complete plastering.

لونا launā S̱. (लवन r. लू Cut off) 1. s. m. Ba- lancing, making scales equal. 2. v. a. To reap. ¶ lonā (लवनी) s. m. Name of a fruit. (Annona reticulata).

لکهتنگ likhtang लिखितं S̱. s. m. A writing, paper, deed.