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Borrowed from Classical Persian خوش (xʷuš, xʷaš). Compare Bengali খোশ (khōś), Gujarati ખુશ (khuś), Punjabi ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ (xuś).

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ख़ुश (xuś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خوش)

  1. happy, glad, gay, pleased, merry, cheerful, pleasant, delighted
    Synonyms: प्रसन्न (prasann), मुदित (mudit), हर्षित (harṣit), सुखी (sukhī)
  2. good, excellent, elegant
    Synonyms: उत्तम (uttam), साधु (sādhu), अच्छा (acchā)
  3. healthy, wholesome
    Synonyms: पूर्ण (pūrṇ), स्वस्थ (svasth)
  4. agreeable, acceptable, affable, amiable, content, willing
  5. prosperous, well off, flourishing
    Synonyms: धनी (dhanī), धनाढ्य (dhanāḍhya), धनवान (dhanvān), अमीर (amīr), सुखी (sukhī)
  6. sweet, delicious
    Synonyms: स्वादु (svādu), स्वादिष्ट (svādiṣṭ), ज़ायक़ेदार (zāyqedār), मज़ेदार (mazedār), लज़ीज़ (lazīz)

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  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुश”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • ख़ुश”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ुश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ḳḥush”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House