क़बूल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• क़ुबूल (qubūl)

Etymology

From Persian قبول (qabul), from Arabic قَبُول (qabūl).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

क़बूल • (qabūl) m (Urdu spelling قبول)

1. acceptance, assent

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

   Synonym: स्वीकार (svīkār)

2. accord, agreement

   Synonym: सहमति (sahamti)

Derived terms

• क़बूल करना (qabūl karnā)

References

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