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)
Declension
| 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, 2025.