मक़बूल

मक़बूल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقبول‎ (maqbūl), from Arabic مَقْبُول‎ (maqbūl), passive participle of قَبِلَ‎‎ (qabila, “to accept”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mək.buːl/, [mək.buːl̪], /məq.buːl/, [məq.buːl̪]

Adjective

मक़बूल • (maqbūl) (Urdu spelling مقبول‎‎)

1. accepting, assenting, agreeing

   Synonym: स्वीकृत (svīkŕt)

2. agreeable, worthy

   यह चीज़ मुझको मक़बूल है। ― yah cīz mujhko maqbūl hai. ― This thing is pleasing to me.

References

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