लिफ़्ट

Hindi

Alternative forms

• लिफ्ट (liphṭ) — nuqtaless form

Etymology

Borrowed from British English lift.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lɪfʈ/, /lɪpʰʈ/
• Rhymes: -ɪfʈ
• Hyphenation: लिफ़्ट

Noun

लिफ़्ट • (lifṭ) f (Urdu spelling لِفٹ)

1. lift, elevator (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)

   Synonym: उत्थापक (utthāpak)

   • 1997 and 2017, “ऊँची है बिल्डिंग [ū̃cī hai bilḍiṅg]”, in original: Dev Kohli, Nitin Raikwar, remake: Dev Kohli (lyrics), original: Anu Malik, remake: Anu Malik, Sandeep Shirodkar (music), original: Judwaa, remake: Judwaa 2, performed by (original) Anu Malik, Poornima (singer), (remake) Anu Malik, Neha Kakkar:

     ऊँची है बिल्डिंग, लिफ़्ट तेरी बंद है
     कैसे मैं आऊँ? दिल रज़ामंद है
     तेरे वास्ते दौड़कर आऊँगा मैं
     सौ सीढ़ियों को भी चढ़ जाऊँगा मैं
     तू मेरा दिलबर है, आना पड़ेगा
     तुझे मेरा नख़रा उठाना पड़ेगा

     ū̃cī hai bilḍiṅg, lifṭ terī band hai
     kaise ma͠i āū̃? dil razāmand hai
     tere vāste dauṛkar āūṅgā ma͠i
     sau sīṛhiyõ ko bhī caṛh jāūṅgā ma͠i
     tū merā dilbar hai, ānā paṛegā
     tujhe merā naxrā uṭhānā paṛegā

     [Your] building is tall, [and] your lift is not working.
     How should I come? My heart is willing [to come]
     For you, I will come by running [up the staircase]
     I will even climb a hundred stairs
     You are my lover, [so] you will have to come
     You will have to endure [this] tantrum of mine.

References

• “लिफ़्ट”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN