हूबहू

Hindi

Etymology

हू (hū) +‎ ब- (ba-) +‎ हू (hū), from Arabic هُوَ (huwa, “he”) and Classical Persian با (bā, “with”). Literally "he-with-he".

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦuː.bə.ɦuː/, [ɦuː.bɐ.ɦuː]

Adverb

हूबहू • (hūbahū) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ہو بہو)

1. exactly the same as..., identical, having complete likeness

   यह क़मीज़ हूबहू मेरी क़मीज़ की तरह की है।

   yah qamīz hūbhū merī qamīz kī tarah kī hai.

   This shirt is exactly the same as my shirt.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हूबहू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press