क़बूल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• क़ुबूल (qubūl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قبول (qabūl), from Arabic قَبُول (qabūl). Compare Bengali কবুল (kobul), Gujarati કબૂલ (kabūl), Marathi कबूल (kabūl), Punjabi ਕਬੂਲ (kabūl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qə.buːl/, [qɐ.buːl], /kə.buːl/, [kɐ.buːl]

Noun

क़बूल • (qabūl) m (Urdu spelling قبول)

1. acceptance, assent

   Synonym: स्वीकार (svīkār)

   क़बूल है! ― qabūl hai! ― I do! (in Muslim marriages) (literally, “It is accepted!”)

2. accord, agreement

   Synonym: सहमति (sahmati)

Declension

Declension of क़बूल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़बूल qabūl	क़बूल qabūl
oblique	क़बूल qabūl	क़बूलों qabūlõ
vocative	क़बूल qabūl	क़बूलो qabūlo

Derived terms

• क़बूल करना (qabūl karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़बूल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press