محبت

See also: محبة‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “charity, love, affection”). The predominant Persian -o- is due to analogy with the large number of Arabic participles with initial mo- (mu-).

Noun

Dari	محبت‎
Iranian Persian	محبت‎
Tajik	маҳаббат, муҳаббат (mahabbat, muhabbat)

محبت • (mohabbat, mahabbat)

1. love
2. affection
3. kindness

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934–1936), “mahabbat”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian محبت‎ (mohabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “affection”).

Noun

محبت • (muhabbat, mohabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत‎)

1. love
2. affection

Synonyms

• عشق‎ ('išq)
• پریم‎ (prem)
• پیار‎ (pyār)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “محبت”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “محبت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.