तकलीफ़
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَكْلِيف (taklīf), verbal noun of كَلَّفَ (kallafa, “make difficulties for, trouble; to impose”), from the root ك ل ف (k l f).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪ək.liːf/, [t̪ək.l̪iːf], /t̪ək.liːpʰ/, [t̪ək.l̪iːpʰ]
Noun
तकलीफ़ • (taklīf) f (Urdu spelling تکلیف)
- trouble, problem; difficulty
- बिचारा आदमी, सब उसकी तकलीफ़ें देखके भी मदद नहीं करते।
- bicārā ādmī, sab uskī taklīfẽ dekhke bhī madad nahī̃ karte.
- Poor guy, everyone knows of his difficulties and still they do not help him.
- तकलीफ़ देना ― taklīf denā ― to trouble
- तक़लीफ़ उठाना ― taqlīf uṭhānā ― to bear difficulties
- Synonym: कष्ट (kaṣṭ)
- burden, strain, hardship
- इतनी तकलीफ़ दिलाने के लिए मैं माफ़ी मांगता हूँ।
- itnī taklīf dilāne ke lie ma͠i māfī māṅgtā hū̃.
- Please forgive me for imposing such a burden on you.
- तकलीफ़ सहना ― taklīf sahnā ― to bear a burden
Declension
Declension of तकलीफ़ (fem cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | तकलीफ़ taklīf | तकलीफ़ें taklīfẽ |
| oblique | तकलीफ़ taklīf | तकलीफ़ों taklīfõ |
| vocative | तकलीफ़ taklīf | तकलीफ़ो taklīfo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “तकलीफ़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 432