خوبی

Persian

Etymology

خوب (xûb, “good”) +‎ ی (-i, nominalizing suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xuː.ˈβiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː.bíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː.bíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xuː.bíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.bí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xuː.bíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.bí]

Readings
Classical reading?	xūḇī
Dari reading?	xūbī
Iranian reading?	xubi
Tajik reading?	xubī

Noun

Dari	خوبی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	хубӣ

خوبی • (xûbi)

1. goodness, kindness
2. fairness, beauty
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3492:

     اهل صیقل رسته‌‌اند از بوی و رنگ
     هر دمی بینند خوبی بی‌‌درنگ

     ahl-i-sayqal rasta-and az bôy u rang
     har dami bînand xûbî bê-dirang

     They that burnish (their hearts) have escaped from scent and colour:
     they behold Beauty at every moment without tarrying.

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خوبی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim