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خوب

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

Iraqi Arabic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian خوب (xub).

Adjective

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خوب (xōb)

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

Persian

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Etymology

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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

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    Readings
    Classical reading? xūḇ
    Dari reading? xūb
    Iranian reading? xub
    Tajik reading? xub
    • Audio (Iran):(file)

    Adjective

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    Dari خوب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik хуб

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

    1. good
    2. well
    3. nice

    Usage notes

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    Inflection

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    Predicative forms of خوب (xub)
    singular plural
    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

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Urdu: خوب (xub)
    • Uzbek: xoʻp

    Adverb

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    Dari خوب
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik хуб

    خوب (xub)

    1. well
    2. nicely

    Antonyms

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • 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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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Classical Persian خُوب (xūb). First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi خوب (xvb /⁠xūb⁠/).[1]

      Pronunciation

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      Adjective

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      خُوب (xūb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ख़ूब)

      1. good, well, in a good manner
      2. (sarcastic) bad
      3. pleasant
      4. admirable
      5. healthy
      6. pious
      7. reasonable

      Derived terms

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      Adverb

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      خُوب (xūb) (Hindi spelling ख़ूब)

      1. very, many, much, a lot
        Synonyms: کافِی (kāfī), بَہَت (bahat), اَنیک (anek), بیش (beś)

      Phrase

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      خُوب (xūb) (Hindi spelling ख़ूब)

      1. good, excellent
      2. wow, hurray, excellent
      3. (sarcastic) great, excellent

      References

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      1. ^ خوب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

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      • خوب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “خوب”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]