पेचीदा (pechiidaa)
adjective
A single-sense adjective meaning 'complicated, complex, tangled' -- used for situations, problems, and language rather than physical objects.
Sense
1
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complicated, intricate, convoluted
adjective
Synonyms: उलझा हुआ (uljhaa huaa), जटिल (jatil, formal), मुश्किल (mushkil, meaning scope: also just 'difficult')
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is a favorite word in offices and courtrooms across Delhi -- a lawyer will call a case पेचीदा (pechiidaa), a bureaucrat will call the paperwork पेचीदा (pechiidaa), and a friend will call your love life पेचीदा (pechiidaa) if you let them. It carries a slightly Persianized, formal-ish flavor compared to the everyday मुश्किल (mushkil), so it shows up more in serious or exasperated speech about tangled situations than in casual small talk.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use पेचीदा (pechiidaa) for physically tangled objects like wires or hair -- it is normally reserved for abstract things: cases, situations, questions, relationships, paperwork. For a literally tangled string or hair, उलझा हुआ (uljhaa huaa) is the natural choice. 2) As an invariant adjective it never changes form before masculine or feminine nouns, unlike native -आ adjectives such as अच्छा (achchhaa) -- learners sometimes wrongly write पेचीदी (pechiidii) before a feminine noun.
Sample Sentences:
यह मामला बहुत पेचीदा है।
This case is very complicated.
(yah maamlaa bahut pechiidaa hai।)
वकील ने कहा कि यह मुकदमा दिन-ब-दिन पेचीदा होता जा रहा है।
The lawyer said that this lawsuit is becoming more complicated day by day.
(vakiil ne kahaa ki yah mukadmaa din-b-din pechiidaa hotaa jaa rahaa hai।)
सरकारी कागज़ी काम इतना पेचीदा होता है कि आम आदमी थक जाता है।
Government paperwork is so complicated that the common man gets exhausted.
(sarkaarii kaagzii kaam itnaa pechiidaa hotaa hai ki aam aadmii thak jaataa hai।)
अगर तुमने शुरू में ही सब साफ़ बता दिया होता, तो मामला इतना पेचीदा न होता।
If you had made everything clear at the very beginning, the matter wouldn't have become so complicated.
(agar tumne shuroo men hii sab saaf bataa diyaa hotaa, to maamlaa itnaa pechiidaa n hotaa।)
तुम्हारी लव लाइफ तो सच में बहुत पेचीदा है, यार।
Your love life is really very complicated, dude.
(tumhaarii lav laaiph to sach men bahut pechiidaa hai, yaar।)
इस पेचीदा केस को सुलझाने में जज को कई महीने लग गए।
It took the judge several months to untangle this complicated case.
(is pechiidaa kes ko suljhaane men jaj ko kaii mahiine lag gae।)
कृपया इस पेचीदा मुद्दे को सरल भाषा में समझाइए।
Please explain this complicated issue in simple language.
(kripyaa is pechiidaa mudde ko saral bhaashaa men samjhaaie।)
यह समझौता इतना पेचीदा बना दिया गया है कि कोई भी इसे पूरी तरह नहीं समझ सकता।
This agreement has been made so complicated that no one can understand it completely.
(yah samjhautaa itnaa pechiidaa banaa diyaa gayaa hai ki koii bhii ise poorii tarah nahiin samajh saktaa।)
शायद टैक्स के नियम इतने पेचीदा हों कि खुद अफ़सर भी उलझ जाएँ।
Perhaps the tax rules are so complicated that even the officers themselves get confused.
(shaayad taiks ke niyam itne pechiidaa hon ki khud afsar bhii ulajh jaaen।)
बॉस ने प्रोजेक्ट को इतना पेचीदा बना दिया कि पूरी टीम परेशान हो गई।
The boss made the project so complicated that the entire team got frustrated.
(bos ne projekt ko itnaa pechiidaa banaa diyaa ki poorii tiim pareshaan ho gaii।)
अदालत में पेश हर फ़ाइल एक पेचीदा कहानी बयान करती है।
Every file presented in the court narrates a complicated story.
(adaalat men pesh har faail ek pechiidaa kahaanii bayaan kartii hai।)
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant:
पेचीदा
(pechiidaa)