हूबहू
Hindi
Etymology
हू (hū) + ब (ba) + हू (hū), from Arabic هُوَ (huwa, “he”) and Persian با (bâ, “with”). Literally "he-with-he".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦuː.bə.ɦuː/
Adverb
हूबहू • (hūbahū)
- exactly the same as..., identical, having complete likeness
- यह क़मीज़ हूबहू मेरी क़मीज़ की तरह की है।
- yah qamīz hūbhū merī qamīz kī tarah kī hai.
- This shirt is exactly the same as my shirt.
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हूबहू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press