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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مشکل (muškil), from Arabic مُشْكِل (muškil). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮੁਸਕਲੁ (musakalu).
Noun
ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ • (muśkal) m (Shahmukhi spelling مشکل)
- difficult, hard, tough, arduous, severe
- Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 70:
ਜਾ ਕਉ ਮੁਸਕਲੁ ਅਤਿ ਬਣੈ ਢੋਈ ਕੋਇ ਨ ਦੇਇ- jā kau muskalu ati baṇai ḍhoī koi na dei
- When you are confronted with terrible hardships, and no one offers you any support,
References
- “ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.