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.fɑː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /lɪ.fɑː.fɑː/
  • 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)

References
  • “لفافہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “لفافہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “لفافہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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