مقبول
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَقْبُول (maqbūl), passive participle of قَبِلَ (qabila, “to accept”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maqbuːl/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /maqbuːl/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /mæɢbuːl/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /maqbul/
- Hyphenation: مَق‧بُول
Adjective
مَقبُول • (maqbûl)
- (colloquial, Dari) beautiful, pretty, lovely, elegant; handsome
- مویش خیلی مقبوله!
- mûīš-i xêlî maqbûl-a!
- their hair is very pretty!
- (colloquial, Dari) cute, adorable
- accepted, assenting
- known
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مقبول (maqbūl), from Arabic مَقْبُول (maqbūl), passive participle of قَبِلَ (qabila, “to accept”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məq.buːl/
- Rhymes: -uːl
- Hyphenation: مَق‧بُول
Adjective
مَقبُول • (maqbūl) (Hindi spelling मक़बूल)
- accepted, assenting
- known
- Synonym: مشہور (maśhūr)
References
- “مقبول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مقبول”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.