Urdu Dictionary

تخفيف taḵẖfīf

A تخفيف taḵẖfīf [inf. n. ii of خفّ 'to be light'], s.f. Making light, alleviating; abbreviating; making (a word) easy of utterance, softening the pronunciation (of letters) by changing one for another, euphoniæ gratia; holding or esteeming light, despising; alleviation, abatement, mitigation, remission, relief, palliation, extenuation; abatement, diminution, decrease; reduction; decay:—taḵẖfīf denā (-ko), To give or afford relief (to); to alleviate, mitigate, assuage, &c. (see next):—taḵẖfīf karnā (-kī), To lighten, alleviate, mitigate, extenuate, relieve; to remit, relax; to reduce, diminish, lessen, abate:—taḵẖfīf-meṅ ānā, v.n. To come under reduction, to be reduced (an establishment or expenditure); to be abolished (an office or post):—taḵẖfīf-meṅ lānā, v.t. To effect a reduction of (establishment, &c.), to reduce, to retrench; to abolish, do away with.