محبت

See also: محبة

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba, “love”). The predominant shift of the first vowel from /a/ to /u/ is due to analogy with the large number of Arabic participles with initial /mu/ such as مهندس (muhandis or mohandes, “engineer”), محاربه (muhâraba or mohârabe, “war”) etc.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Dari	محبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳаббат, муҳаббат

محبت • (mohabbat or mahabbat)

1. love
2. affection
3. kindness

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “محبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محبت (muḥabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/, [mɔ.ɦəbː.ət̪]
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

مُحَبَّت or محبت • (muḥabbat or moḥabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत)

1. love
2. affection

Declension

Declension of محبت
	singular	plural
direct	محبت (mahabbat)	محبتیں (mahabbatẽ)
oblique	محبت (mahabbat)	محبتوں (mahabbatõ)
vocative	محبت (mahabbat)	محبتو (mahabbato)

Synonyms

• عشق (iśq)
• پیار (pyār)
• پریم (prem)

References

• “محبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “محبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.