خوش آمدید

Persian

Alternative forms

• خوش اومدین (xoš umadin) (colloquial Tehrani)
• خوش آمدی (xoš âmadi) (familiar, literary)
  • خوش اومدی (xoš umadi) (familiar, colloquial Tehrani)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷaʃ ʔɑː.ma.ðiːð], [ xʷaʃ ʔɑː.ma.ðiːð]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuʃ ʔɔː.mä.d̪eːn]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃ ʔɒː.mæ.d̪iːd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃ ʔɒː.mæ.d̪iːd̪̥]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [xoʃ ʔɒː.mæ.d̪iːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuʃ ʔɔ.mä.d̪ed̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwaš āmaḏīḏ, xwaš āmaḏīḏ
Dari reading?	xuš āmadēd
Iranian reading?	xoš âmadid
Tajik reading?	xuš omaded

Interjection

Dari	خوش آمدید
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хуш омадед

خوش آمدید • (xoš âmadid)

1. (polite) welcome

   .به ایران خوش آمدید

   Be Irân xoš âmadid. (literary)

   .به ایران خوش اومدین

   Be Irân xoš umadin. (colloquial)

   Welcome to Iran.

Descendants

• → Bengali: খোশ আমদেদ (khōś amoded)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़ुशआमदीद (xuśaāmdīd)

  Urdu: خوش آمدید (xuś āmadīd)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوش آمدید (xuš āmadid).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊʃ ɑː.mə.d̪iːd̪/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Hyphenation: خوش‧آم‧دید

Interjection

خوش آمدید • (xuś āmadīd) (Hindi spelling ख़ुशआमदीद)

1. (formal) welcome

   Synonym: خیر مقدم (xair maqdam)

References

• “خوش آمدید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “خوش+آمدید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.