Langhi (Langhī) (f.) [fr. langh] 1. a kind of deer (?) J vi.537. -- 2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase langhī -- 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: langhī vuccati ākāselanghanato megho "(a) jumping deer is called the cloud because of its jumping in the air," balākā ca nāma megha -- saddena gabbhaŋ gaṇhantī ti "the cranes conceive by the sound of the cloud," meghasaddo balākānaŋ pitā megho pitāmaho ti "the sound of the cloud is the father of the cranes & the cloud the grandfather. "