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měḥnat (for A. محنة , v.n. fr. محن 'to try, prove,' etc.), s.f. Labour, moil, toil, drudgery; industry, diligence; application, attention; exercise; athletic exercise;—trial, sore trial, temptation, trouble, affliction, misery, calamity, misfortune; evil, inconvenience, sorrow, teen, perplexity, difficulty:—měḥnat-ābād, adj. Full of misery, etc.;—s.m. The abode of sorrow or trouble:—měḥnat uṭhānā, v.n. To undergo labour or trouble, etc.; to labour, to take pains:—měḥnat ṭhikāne lagnā(-kī), Labour (of a person) to turn to account;—měḥnat-zada, adj. & s.m. Distressed, wretched, miserable;—distrest one, miserable creature, poor wretch:—měḥnat-ě-shāqqa, s.f. Hard labour:—měḥnat-ě-shab-ā-rozī, Work or toil of night and day:—měḥnat karnā, v.n. To labour, or toil (for or after, -ke pīćhe); to exert oneself:—měḥnatkash, adj. Enduring labour or trouble; moiling, drudging; afflicted, distressed; oppressed:—měḥnat-kashī, s.f. Endurance of labour or trouble, etc.; affliction, misery, suffering:—měḥnat-ko pīnā(apnī), To swallow (one's) trouble or sorrow,' to restrain oneself, to bear patiently:—měḥnat-mazdūrī, s.f. Labour and wages;—daily labour; job-work.
Origin: Persian