तोहफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تحفه (tuhfa), from Arabic تُحْفَة (tuḥfa).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /t̪oːɦ.fɑː/, [t̪oːʱ.fäː], /t̪oːɦ.pʰɑː/, [t̪oːʱ.pʰäː]
  • Hyphenation: तोह‧फ़ा
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

तोहफ़ा • (tohfā) m (Urdu spelling تُحْفَہ)

  1. gift, present
    Synonym: उपहार (uphār)
  2. rarity
  3. curiosity

Declension
Declension of तोहफ़ा (masc ā-stem)
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, 2024.
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