لواط

Arabic

Etymology

From لَاطَ (lāṭa, “to sodomize”), a sense derived from Lot لُوط (lūṭ); see w:Islamic view of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.waːtˤ/

Noun

لِوَاط • (liwāṭ) m

  1. verbal noun of لَاطَ (lāṭa) (form I)
  2. (Islam, derogatory) male homosexual intercourse, sodomy; pederasty
    Synonym: (modern, derogatory) شُذُوذ (šuḏūḏ, “irregularity; abnormality; deviancy”)

Declension

Derived terms

  • لِوَاطِيّ (liwāṭiyy, “sodomitic; a sodomite”)

Descendants

  • → Malay: liwat
  • → Persian: لواط (lavât)
  • → Swahili: kulawiti

See also

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic لِوَاط (liwāṭ); ultimately from لُوط (lūṭ).

Noun

لواط • (lavât)

  1. (Islam) male homosexual intercourse, sodomy
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