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) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.liːf/, [t̪ɐk.liːf], /t̪ək.liːpʰ/, [t̪ɐk.liːpʰ]

Noun

तकलीफ़ • (taklīf) f (Urdu spelling تکلیف)

1. trouble, problem; difficulty

   Synonym: कष्ट (kaṣṭ)

   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

   तकलीफ़ उठाना ― taklīf uṭhānā ― to bear difficulties

2. 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