مہربان
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See also: مهربان
Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربان (mihrabān, mihrbān).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /meːɦɾ.bɑːn/, /mɪɦɾ.bɑːn/, [mɛ.ɦɛɾ.bɑːn]
Adjective[edit]
مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)
- loving, affectionate, friendly, kind, benevolent, beneficent, favouring, indulgent, gracious, propitious; compassionate, merciful
- Synonym: دَیاوان (dayāvān)
Related terms[edit]
- مہربانی (mehrbānī, mihrbānī)
Noun[edit]
مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) m (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)
- a friend
Further reading[edit]
- “مہربان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “مہربان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “مہربان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.