लिङ्ग्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

লিঙ্গ্ (Assamese script)
ᬮᬶᬗ᭄ᬕ᭄ (Balinese script)
লিঙ্গ্ (Bengali script)
𑰩𑰰𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀮𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕𑁆 (Brahmi script)
လိင်္ဂ် (Burmese script)
લિઙ્ગ્ (Gujarati script)
ਲਿਙ੍ਗ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦭꦶꦔ꧀ꦒ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂪𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಲಿಙ್ಗ್ (Kannada script)
លិង្គ៑ (Khmer script)
ລິງ຺ຄ຺ (Lao script)
ലിങ്ഗ് (Malayalam script)
ᠯᡳᢛᡤ (Manchu script)
𑘩𑘱𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠯᠢᢊᠺ (Mongolian script)
𑧉𑧒𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐮𑐶𑐒𑑂𑐐𑑂 (Newa script)
ଲିଙ୍ଗ୍ (Odia script)
ꢭꢶꢖ꣄ꢔ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆬𑆴𑆕𑇀𑆓𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖩𑖰𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖿 (Siddham script)
ලිඞ‍්ග් (Sinhalese script)
𑩽𑩑𑩠 𑪙𑩞 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚥𑚮𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚶 (Takri script)
லிங்க்³ (Tamil script)
లిఙ్గ్ (Telugu script)
ลิงฺคฺ (Thai script)
ལི་ངྒ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨬𑨁𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Root

लिङ्ग् • (liṅg)

to go
to paint, variegate
to change or inflect a noun according to its gender

Derived terms

आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana)
आलिङ्ग् (āliṅg)
लिङ्गन (liṅgana)

Further reading

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “लिङ्ग्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan

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