langur
US/lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ/
langur noun: any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).
Noun
langur (plural langurs)
langur meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Punjabi
langur in Hindi
- group in the subfamily Colobinae
- लंगूर laṅgūr
langur in Tamil
- மந்தி, லேங்கூர்
langur in Urdu
- group in the subfamily Colobinae
- لنگور lãṅgūr
langur in Punjabi
- a langur, especially the Hanuman langur
- ਲੰਗੂਰ laṅgūr
More languagesFewer languages
- langur in Gujarati
- લંગગુર laṅgūr
- langur in Nepali
- ढेडु ḍheḍu
- langur in Thai
- ค่าง kâang
- langur in Vietnamese
- voọc
Forms of langur
| plural | langurs |
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Origin of langur
Borrowed from Hindustani لنگور / लंगूर (laṅgūr, “monkey”), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूल (lāṅgūla, “tail”) (compare लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin, “tailed; monkey”)).
Words formed from langur
Questions about langur
- What does langur mean?
- Langur means any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).
- What is langur in Hindi?
- Langur in Hindi is लंगूर (laṅgūr). See Langur meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is langur?
- Langur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce langur?
- Langur is pronounced /lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of langur?
- The plural of langur is langurs.
Words near langur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: langur (page history and authors); langur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਲੰਗੂਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ढेडु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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