محبت

See also: محبة‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian محبت‎ (muhaḇḇat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “love”).

Noun

محبت • (muhabbet)

1. chat, friendly conversation
2. love, affection
3. friendship

Descendants

• Turkish: muhabbet
• → Albanian: muhabet
  • → Aromanian: muabeti
  • → Pontic Greek: muhabeti
• → Armenian: մուհապէթ (muhapētʿ)
• → Greek: μουχαμπέτι (mouchampéti)
• → Ladino: moabet
• → Macedonian: муабет (muabet)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “محبت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1126
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “muhabbet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 805
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “محبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1774

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “love”). The predominant shift of the first vowel from /a/ to /u/ is due to analogy with the large number of Arabic participles with initial /mu/ such as مهندس‎ (muhandis, mohandes, “engineer”), محاربه‎ (muhāraba, mohârabe, “war”) etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.haβ.bat], [ma.haβ.bat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦäb.bät̪], [mä.ɦäb.bät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦäb.bät̪], [mä.ɦäb.bät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wäb.bät̪], [mɑːäb.bät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wäb.bät̪], [mɔːäb.bät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦæb.bæt̪], [mæ.ɦæb.bæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦäb.bät̪], [mä.ɦäb.bät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhaḇḇat, mahaḇḇat
Dari reading?	mohabbat, mahabbat
Iranian reading?	mohabbat, mahabbat
Tajik reading?	muhabbat, mahabbat

Noun

Dari	محبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳаббат, муҳаббат

مُحَبَّت or مَحَبَّت • (mohabbat or mahabbat)

1. love
2. affection
3. kindness

Descendants

• Dari: مُحَبَّت‎ (muhabbat /⁠mo̞habbat⁠/), مَحَبَّت‎ (mahabbat)
• Iranian Persian: مُحَبَّت‎ (mohabbat), مَحَبَّت‎ (mahabbat)
• Tajik: маҳаббат (mahabbat), муҳаббат (muhabbat)
• → Bashkir: мөхәббәт (möxäbbät)
• → Bengali: মহব্বত (mohobbot)
• → Gujarati: મોહબત (mohbat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुहब्बत (muhabbat), मोहब्बत (mohabbat)

  Urdu: مُحَبَّت‎ (muhabbat)

• → Malayalam: മുഹബ്ബത്ത് (muhabbattŭ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: محبت‎ (muḥabbet)
  • Turkish: muhabbet
  • → Albanian: muhabet
    • → Aromanian: muabeti
    • → Pontic Greek: muhabeti
  • → Armenian: մուհապէթ (muhapētʿ)
  • → Greek: μουχαμπέτι (mouchampéti)
  • → Ladino: moabet
  • → Macedonian: муабет (muabet)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹੱਬਤ (muhabbat)

  Shahmukhi script: محبت‎ (muḥabbat)

• → Tatar: мөхәббәт (möxäbbät)
• → Uzbek: muhabbat, муҳаббат (muhabbat)

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “محبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَبَّت‎ (muhabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/

• Audio (PK)

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• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

مُحَبَّت • (muhabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत)

1. love
2. affection

Declension

Declension of محبت
	singular	plural
direct	مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)	مُحَبَّتیں‎ (muhabbatẽ)
oblique	مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)	مُحَبَّتوں‎ (muhabbatõ)
vocative	مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)	مُحَبَّتو‎ (muhabbato)

Synonyms

• عِشْق‎ ('iśq)
• پْیار‎ (pyār)
• پْریم‎‎ (prem)

References

• “محبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “محبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.