ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ
Punjabi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian مشکل (muškil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮੁਸਕਲੁ (musakalu).
Noun
editਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ • (muśkal) m (Shahmukhi spelling مشکل)
- difficult, hard, tough, arduous, severe
- Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 70:
- ਜਾ ਕਉ ਮੁਸਕਲੁ ਅਤਿ ਬਣੈ ਢੋਈ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਦੇਇ
- jā kau muskalu ati baṇai ḍhoī koi na dei
- When you are confronted with terrible hardships, and no one offers you any support,
- Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 70:
References
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- Punjabi terms derived from Arabic
- Punjabi terms derived from the Arabic root ش ك ل
- Punjabi terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Punjabi terms derived from Classical Persian
- Punjabi terms inherited from Old Punjabi
- Punjabi terms derived from Old Punjabi
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns in Gurmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi terms with quotations