خوب

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See also: چوپ, حوت, چوٹ, چوت, جوب, and چوب

Iraqi Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian خوب (xub).

Adjective[edit]

خوب (xōb)

  1. (with a following noun) good; someone or something good
  2. well

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (xūb), from Old Persian [script needed] (*ʰuvāpa), from Proto-Iranian *HhuHā́pah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (good) +‎ *h₃épos (work). Compare Sogdian [script needed] (xwp).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? xūḇ
Dari reading? xūb
Iranian reading? xub
Tajik reading? xub
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Adjective[edit]

Dari خوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik хуб

خوب (xub) (comparative خوب‌تَر (xub-tar), superlative خوب‌تَرین (xub-tarin))

  1. good
  2. well
  3. nice

Usage notes[edit]

Inflection[edit]

    Predicative forms of خوب (xub)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
خوبم
(xubam)
خوبیم
(xubim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
خوبی
(xubi)
خوبید
(xubid)
خوبین
(xubin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
خوب است
(xub ast)
خوبه
(xube)
خوبند
(xuband)
خوبن
(xuban)
Colloquial.

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Urdu: خوب (xub)

Adverb[edit]

Dari خوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik хуб

خوب (xub)

  1. well
  2. nicely

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “خوب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Aryanpur-Kashani, Manoochehr (2005) The Aryanpur Progressive Persian–English Dictionary[1], Tehran: Jahan Rayaneh, →ISBN
  • Rubinčik Ju. A., editor (1985), “خوب”, in Persidsko-russkij slovarʹ [Persian–Russian Dictionary] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “خوب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • خوب”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Persisch, München: Langenscheidt, 2002, →ISBN

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوب (xūb), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (xūb). Compare Marathi खूप (khūp).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

خُوب (xūb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ख़ूब)

  1. many, much, a lot
    Synonyms: کافِی (kāfī), بَہَت (bahat), اَنیک (anek), بیش (beś)
  2. good, well, in a good manner

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • خوب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • خوب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.