لوطی

See also: لوطي and لوتی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic لُوطِيّ (lūṭiyy⁩).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [luː.ˈtiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [luː.t̪ʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [luː.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [luː.t̪ʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [lu.t̪ʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [luː.t̪ʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [lu.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	lūtī
Dari reading?	lūtī
Iranian reading?	luti
Tajik reading?	lutī

Noun

لوطی • (luti)

1. the people of Lot or Sodom
2. a homosexual, a sodomite, a pederast
3. a libertine, impudent, profligate, dissolute fellow, a gambler, a drunkard

Derived terms

• لوطی پوطی (luti-puti)

Descendants

• → Armenian: լոթի (lotʻi)
• → Azerbaijani: lotu
• → Georgian: ლოთი (loti)
• → Northern Kurdish: lotî
• → Ottoman Turkish: لوطی (luti)
  • Turkish: luti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “لوطی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 1132a
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “لوطی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press