तोहफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تحفه (tuhfa), from Arabic تُحْفَة (tuḥfa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪oːɦ.fɑː/, [t̪oːʱ.fäː], /t̪oːɦ.pʰɑː/, [t̪oːʱ.pʰäː]
• Hyphenation: तोह‧फ़ा
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

तोहफ़ा • (tohfā) m (Urdu spelling تُحْفَہ)

1. gift, present

   Synonym: उपहार (uphār)

2. rarity
3. curiosity

Declension

Declension of तोहफ़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तोहफ़ा tohfā	तोहफ़े, तहाइफ़ tohfe, tahāif
oblique	तोहफ़े tohfe	तोहफ़ों, तहाइफ़ों tohfõ, tahāifõ
vocative	तोहफ़े tohfe	तोहफ़ो, तहाइफ़ो tohfo, tahāifo

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “tōhafā”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 295
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तोहफ़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 464
• Platts, John T. (1884) “tohfa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 312
• “तोहफ़ा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.