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

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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

Derived terms

• مشکل‌گشا (moškel-goša, “resolver of difficulties”)
• بدون مشکل و مانع (bedun-e moškel-o-mâne', “unhinderedly, unobstructedly”)

Related terms

• مشکل کردن (moškel kardan)

Descendants

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

  Hindi: मुश्किल (muśkil)

  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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.