मेहरबानी
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربانی (mihrbānī). Analysable as मेहरबान (mehrbān) + -ई (-ī). Compare Punjabi ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨੀ (mihrabānī) / مہربانی (mhrbānī), Gujarati મહેરબાની (maherbānī), Bengali মেহেরবানি (meherbani), Marathi मेहेरबानी (meherbānī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेहरबानी • (mehrbānī) f (Urdu spelling مہربانی)
Declension edit
Declension of मेहरबानी (fem ī-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | मेहरबानी mehrbānī |
मेहरबानियाँ mehrbāniyā̃ |
oblique | मेहरबानी mehrbānī |
मेहरबानियों mehrbāniyõ |
vocative | मेहरबानी mehrbānī |
मेहरबानियो mehrbāniyo |
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहरबानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press