मेहरबानी

See also: मेहरबान and मेहेरबानी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مهربانی (mehrabâni). Analysable as मेहरबान (mehrbān) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Punjabi ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨੀ (mihrabānī) / مہربانی (mhrbānī), Gujarati મહેરબાની (maherbānī), Marathi मेहेरबानी (meherbānī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦəɾ.bɑː.niː/, [mɛ.ɦɛɾ.bäː.niː]

Noun

मेहरबानी • (mehrbānī) f (Urdu spelling مہربانی)

1. kindness

References

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