لطیفہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لطیفه (latīfa), from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lə.t̪iː.fɑ(ː)/
- Hyphenation: لَ‧طی‧فَہ
Noun
لَطِیفَہ • (latīfa) m (Hindi spelling लतीफ़ा)
- joke, jest
- (Internet) a meme.
- a strange; unique thing.
- kindness, grace (of God; related to لَطَف (lataf))
- (Sufism) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | لَطِیفَہ (latīfah) | لَطِیفے (latīfe) |
| oblique | لَطِیفے (latīfe) | لَطِیفوں (latīfõ) |
| vocative | لَطِیفے (latīfe) | لَطِیفو (latīfo) |
Further reading
- “لطیفہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “لطیفہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لطیفہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.