مشکل

See also: مشكل‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشْكِل‎ (muškil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [muʃ.ˈkil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰɪ́l]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰɪ́l]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊʃ.kʰɪ́l]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [muʃ.kʰíl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [moʃ.kʰʲél̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [muʃ.kʰíl]

Readings
Classical reading?	muškil
Dari reading?	muškil
Iranian reading?	moškel
Tajik reading?	muškil

Adjective

مشکل • (moškel) (comparative مشکل‌تَر‎ (moškel-tar), superlative مشکل‌تَرین‎ (moškel-tarin))

1. difficult
2. problematic
3. hard

Noun

Dari	مشکل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мушкил

مشکل • (moškel) (plural مشکل‌ها‎ (moškel-hâ) or مشکلات‎ (moškelât))

1. problem
2. difficulty

Related terms

• مشکل کردن‎ (moškel kardan)

Descendants

• → Assamese: মুস্কিল (muskil)
• → Bengali: মুশকিল (muśokil)
• → Gujarati: મુશ્કેલ (muśkel)
• → Hindustani: muśkil

  Hindi: मुश्किल

  Urdu: مُشْکِل‎ (muśkil)

  • → Phalura:

    Latin: muškíl

    Perso-Arabic: مُشکِل‎

• → Maithili: maskil

  Devanagari script: मसकिल

  Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒮𑒏𑒱𑒪

• → Marathi: मुश्कील (muśkīl)
• → Marwari: मुश्किल (muśkil)
• → Old Punjabi: ਮੁਸਕਲੁ (musakalu)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ (muśkal)

    Shahmukhi script: مُشکَل‎ (muśkal)

• → Sindhi:

  Arabic script: مُشْڪِلُ‎

  Devanagari script: मुश्किलु

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مشکل‎ (muškil), from Arabic مُشْكِل‎ (muškil).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊʃ.kɪl/
• Rhymes: -ɪl
• Hyphenation: مُش‧کِل

Adjective

مُشْکِل • (muśkil) (Hindi spelling मुश्किल)

1. difficult
2. problematic
3. hard

Noun

مُشْکِل • (muśkil) f (formal plural مُشْکِلات‎ (muśkilāt), Hindi spelling मुश्किल)

1. difficulty

Declension

Declension of مشکل
	singular	plural
direct	مُشْکِل (muśkil)	مُشْکِلیں‎ (muśkilẽ)
oblique	مُشْکِل (muśkil)	مُشْکِلوں‎ (muśkilõ)
vocative	مُشْکِل (muśkil)	مُشْکِلو‎ (muśkilo)

Descendants

• → Phalura:

  Latin: muškíl

  Perso-Arabic: مُشکِل‎

Further reading

• “مشکل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “مشکل”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1040
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مشکل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 590
• “مشکل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.