محنت

mehnat

effort / hard work

Worknounfeminine

What mehnat means

mehnat is written محنت in the Urdu script and means effort / hard work in English. It belongs to the Work vocabulary.

Forms of mehnat

mehnat is feminine, so the singular does not change before a postposition (mehnat se).

CaseSingular
Directمحنت mehnat
Oblique (before a postposition)محنت mehnat

Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.

mehnat in example sentences

  • اتنی محنت نہ کرو۔

    Don't try too hard. Tatoeba #10812599

  • اینڈی نے کافی محنت کی ہوگی۔

    Andy must have practiced very hard. Tatoeba #1474899

  • بہت محنت والا کام تھا یہ۔

    It was real hard work. Tatoeba #1562497

3 of 8 Tatoeba sentences that use mehnat in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.

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