लतीफ़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /lə.t̪iː.fɑː/, [lɐ.t̪iː.fäː], /lə.t̪iː.pʰɑː/, [lɐ.t̪iː.pʰäː]

Noun

लतीफ़ा • (latīfā) m (Urdu spelling لطیفہ)

1. joke

   Synonyms: चुटकुला (cuṭkulā), मज़ाक़ (mazāq)

Declension

Declension of लतीफ़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	लतीफ़ा latīfā	लतीफ़े latīfe
oblique	लतीफ़े latīfe	लतीफ़ों latīfõ
vocative	लतीफ़े latīfe	लतीफ़ो latīfo

Derived terms

• लतीफ़ेबाज़ (latīfebāz)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “latīfā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 884
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “लतीफा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha