لطیفہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لطیفه (latīfa), from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /lə.t̪iː.fɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: لَ‧طی‧فَہ

Noun

لَطِیفَہ • (latīfa) m (Hindi spelling लतीफ़ा)

1. joke, jest
2. (Internet) a meme.
3. a strange; unique thing.
4. kindness, grace (of God; related to لَطَف (lataf))
5. (Sufism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of لطیفہ
	singular	plural
direct	لَطِیفَہ (latīfah)	لَطِیفے (latīfe)
oblique	لَطِیفے (latīfe)	لَطِیفوں (latīfõ)
vocative	لَطِیفے (latīfe)	لَطِیفو (latīfo)

Further reading

• “لطیفہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “لطیفہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لطیفہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.