See also: محبة

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

محبت (muhabbet)

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

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

 

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

Noun edit

Dari محبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik маҳаббат, муҳаббат

مُحَبَّت or مَحَبَّت (mohabbat or mahabbat)

  1. love
  2. affection
  3. kindness

Descendants edit

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Urdu edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مُحَبَّت (muhabbatf (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत)

  1. love
  2. affection

Declension edit

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

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • 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.