لفافہ

Urdu

Alternative forms
  • لِفَافَا (lifāfā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian لفافه (lifāfa), itself from Arabic لِفافَة (lifāfa).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /lɪ.fɑː.fɑ(ː)/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: لِ‧فا‧فَہ

Noun

لِفافَہ • (lifāfa) m (Hindi spelling लिफ़ाफ़ा)

  1. envelope
  2. wrapper, cover
  3. (Pakistani politics) sellout
  4. (figuratively) bribe

Declension
Declension of لفافہ
singular plural
direct لفافہ (lifāfah) لفافے (lifāfe)
oblique لفافے (lifāfe) لفافوں (lifāfõ)
vocative لفافے (lifāfe) لفافو (lifāfo)

Further reading
  • “لفافہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لفافہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “لفافہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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