تکلیف

See also: تكليف

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَكْلِيف (taklīf), verbal noun of كَلَّفَ (kallafa, “make difficulties for, trouble; to impose”), likely through Classical Persian تکلیف (taklīf).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.liːf/
• Rhymes: -iːf
• Hyphenation: تَکْ‧لِیف

Noun

تَکْلِیف • (taklīf) f (Hindi spelling तकलीफ़)

1. trouble, difficulty
2. affliction, pain
3. suffering, hardship, distress

Declension

Declension of تکلیف
	singular	plural
direct	تکلیف (taklīf)	تکلیفیں (taklīfẽ)
oblique	تکلیف (taklīf)	تکلیفوں (taklīfõ)
vocative	تکلیف (taklīf)	تکلیفو (taklīfo)

Synonyms

• آسیب (āseb)
• دکھ (dukh)
• درد (dard)

References

• “تکلیف”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تکلیف”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.