मुहब्बत
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मोहब्बत (mohabbat) (less phonemic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian محبت (mohabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba, “affection”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/, [mɔ.ɦɔb̚.bət̪]
Noun
मुहब्बत • (muhabbat) f (Urdu spelling محبت)
- love
- affection
Declension
Declension of मुहब्बत (fem cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मुहब्बत muhabbat | मुहब्बतें muhabbatẽ |
| oblique | मुहब्बत muhabbat | मुहब्बतों muhabbatõ |
| vocative | मुहब्बत muhabbat | मुहब्बतो muhabbato |
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.