कठिनाई

Hindi

Etymology

From कठिन (kaṭhin) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.ʈʰɪ.nɑː.iː/, [kɐ.ʈʰɪ.näː.iː]

Noun

कठिनाई • (kaṭhināī) f (Urdu spelling کٹھنائی)

1. difficulty
2. snag
3. distress
4. problem
5. knot, node

Declension

Declension of कठिनाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कठिनाई kaṭhināī	कठिनाइयाँ kaṭhināiyā̃
oblique	कठिनाई kaṭhināī	कठिनाइयों kaṭhināiyõ
vocative	कठिनाई kaṭhināī	कठिनाइयो kaṭhināiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कठिनाई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press