Laṅghi
Laṅghi，（Laṅghī） （f．） [fr．laṅgh] 1．a kind of deer （?） J．VI，537．-- 2．doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase laṅghī-pitāmahā at J．II，363=III，226：“whose grandfather was a deer，or a jumper” （?）； used in disparagingly addressing a crane．The C．to J．II，363 expls rather strangely as follows：laṅghī vuccati ākāse laṅghanato megho “（a） jumping deer is called the cloud because of its jumping in the air，” balākā ca nāma megha-saddena gabbhaṁ gaṇhantī ti “the cranes conceive by the sound of the cloud，” meghasaddo balākānaṁ pitā megho pitāmaho ti “the sound of the cloud is the father of the cranes & the cloud the grandfather．“ （Page 579）