محبت

See also: محبة‎

PersianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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 ‎ (muhandis or mohandes, “engineer”), ‎ (muhâraba or mohârabe, “war”) etc.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muhabbat/, /mahabbat/
(Dari) IPA^(key): /mʊhabbat/, /mahabbat/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mohæbbæt/, /mæhæbbæt/
(Tajik) IPA^(key): /muhabbat/, /mahabbat/

NounEdit

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

محبت • (mohabbat or mahabbat)

ReferencesEdit

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

UrduEdit

Urdu Wikipedia has an article on:

محبت‎

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (muḥabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/, [mɔ.ɦəbː.ət̪]
Rhymes: -ət̪

NounEdit

مُحَبَّت • (muḥabbat or moḥabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत‎)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of محبت
	singular	plural
direct	محبت‎ (mahabbat)	محبتیں‎ (mahabbatẽ)
oblique	محبت‎ (mahabbat)	محبتوں‎ (mahabbatõ)
vocative	محبت‎ (mahabbat)	محبتو‎ (mahabbato)

SynonymsEdit

عشق‎ (iśq)
پیار‎ (pyār)
پریم‎ (prem)

ReferencesEdit

“محبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“محبت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2022.