मुहब्बत

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मोहब्बत (mohabbat) (less phonemic)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian محبت (mohabbat), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba, “affection”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/, [mɔ.ɦɔb̚.bɐt̪]

Noun

मुहब्बत • (muhabbat) f (Urdu spelling محبت)

1. love
2. affection

Synonyms

• इश्क़ (iśq)
• प्रेम (prem)
• प्यार (pyār)

References

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