मेहरबानी

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 Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːɦɾ.bɑː.niː/, [meːɦɾ.bäː.n̪iː]

Noun

मेहरबानी • (mehrbānī) f (Urdu spelling مہربانی‎)

1. kindness

Declension

Declension of मेहरबानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेहरबानी mehrbānī	मेहरबानियाँ mehrbāniyā̃
oblique	मेहरबानी mehrbānī	मेहरबानियों mehrbāniyõ
vocative	मेहरबानी mehrbānī	मेहरबानियो mehrbāniyo

References

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