خوب
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Iraqi Arabic
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[edit]Borrowed from Persian خوب (xub).
Adjective
[edit]خوب (xōb)
Persian
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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]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xuːβ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xuːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χub]
Adjective
[edit]Dari | خوب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | хуб |
خوب • (xub) (comparative خوبتَر (xub-tar), superlative خوبتَرین (xub-tarin))
Usage notes
[edit]- The comparative and superlative forms خوبتر (xub-tar) and خوبترین (xub-tarin) are colloquial and informal. The formal and standard Persian equivalents are بهتر (behtar) and بهترین (behtarin).
Inflection
[edit]singular | plural | |
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1st person (“I am, we are”) |
خوبم (xubam) | خوبیم (xubim) |
2nd person (“you are”) |
خوبی (xubi) | خوبید، خوبین△ (xubid, xubin△) |
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”) |
خوب است، خوبه△ (xub ast, xube△) | خوبند، خوبن△ (xuband, xuban△) |
△ Colloquial.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- خوبانی (xubâni)
Descendants
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Dari | خوب |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | хуб |
خوب • (xub)
Antonyms
[edit]- بد (bad)
Related terms
[edit]- خوبی (xubi)
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][2] (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
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Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوب (xūb). First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi خوب (xvb /xūb/).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xuːb/
- Rhymes: -uːb
Adjective
[edit]خُوب • (xūb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ख़ूब)
Derived terms
[edit]- خُوبْصُورَت (xūbsūrat)
Adverb
[edit]خُوب • (xūb) (Hindi spelling ख़ूब)
Phrase
[edit]خُوب • (xūb) (Hindi spelling ख़ूब)
References
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