محبت

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PersianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba, “charity, love, affection”). The predominant Persian -o- is due to analogy with the large number of Arabic participles with initial mo- (mu-).

NounEdit

Dari	محبت
Iranian Persian	محبت
Tajik	маҳаббат, муҳаббат (mahabbat, muhabbat)

محبت • (mohabbat, mahabbat)

1. love
2. affection
3. kindness

ReferencesEdit

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934–1936), “mahabbat”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim

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UrduEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian محبت (mohabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba, “affection”).

NounEdit

محبت • (muhabbat, mohabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत)

1. love
2. affection

SynonymsEdit

• عشق ('išq)
• پریم (prem)
• پیار (pyār)

ReferencesEdit

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “محبت”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.