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lingayat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
lin-gay-at
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An adherent of Lingayatism.

Etymology

From Kannada ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ (liṅgāyata).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ

Inflected Forms

Lingayats (plural)

Questions

What does lingayat mean?
An adherent of Lingayatism.
Where does lingayat come from?
From Kannada ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ (liṅgāyata).

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