محبت

See also: محبة‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “charity, love, affection”). The predominant Persian -o- is due to analogy with the large number of Arabic participles with initial mo- (mu-).

Noun
Dari Persian محبت‎
Iranian Persian محبت‎
Tajiki Persian маҳаббат, муҳаббат (mahabbat, muhabbat)

محبت • (mohabbat, mahabbat)

  1. love
  2. affection
  3. kindness

References
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934–1936), “mahabbat”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian محبت‎ (mohabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “affection”).

Noun

محبت • (muhabbat, mohabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत‎)

  1. love
  2. affection

Synonyms

References
  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “محبت”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “محبت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
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