مہربان

See also: مهربان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربان (mihrabān, mihrbān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /meːɦɾ.bɑːn/, /mɪɦɾ.bɑːn/, [mɛ.ɦɛɾ.bɑːn]

Adjective

مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)

1. loving, affectionate, friendly, kind, benevolent, beneficent, favouring, indulgent, gracious, propitious; compassionate, merciful

   Synonym: دَیاوان (dayāvān)

Related terms

• مہربانی (mehrbānī, mihrbānī)

Noun

مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) m (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)

1. a friend

Further reading

• “مہربان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مہربان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “مہربان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.