مہلت

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic مَهَلَ (mahala)
    Arabic مُهْلَة (muhla)bor.
    Classical Persian مُهْلَت (muhlat)bor.
    Urdu مُہْلَت (muhlat)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مُهْلَت (muhlat), borrowed from Arabic مُهْلَة (muhla), from مَهَلَ (mahala).[1] First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi مہلت (mhlt /⁠muhlat⁠/).[2]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mʊɦ.lət̪/, [moɦ.lət̪]
    • Rhymes: -ət̪
    • Hyphenation: مُہ‧لَت

    Noun

    مُہْلَت • (muhlat) f (Hindi spelling मोहलत)

    1. respite, delay; extension; grace period (extra time before a deadline or before something bad incurs)

    Declension

    Declension of مہلت
    singular plural
    direct مُہْلَت (muhlat) مُہْلَتیں (muhlatẽ)
    oblique مُہْلَت (muhlat) مُہْلَتوں (muhlatõ)
    vocative مُہْلَت (muhlat) مُہْلَتو (muhlato)

    References

    1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “مہلت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1100
    2. ^ “مہلت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • “مہلت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مہلت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مـﮩلت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1139
    • John Shakespear (1834) “مـﮩلت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1720
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