मेहेरबानी

See also: मेहरबानी and मेहरबान

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربانی (mihrbānī). Compare Gujarati મહેરબાની (maherbānī), Hindi मेहरबानी (mehrbānī), Punjabi ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨੀ (mihrabānī) / مہربانی (mhrbānī), Bengali মেহেরবানি (meherbani).

Noun

मेहेरबानी • (meherbānī) f

1. kindness, favour

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मेहेरबानी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेहरबानी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मेहेरबान,_मेहेर्बान,_मेहरबान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).