محبت

See also: محبة‎

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba, “love”). The predominant shift of the first vowel from /a/ to /u/ is due to analogy with the large number of Arabic participles with initial /mu/ such as ‎ (mohandes, mohandes, “engineer”), ‎ (mohâraba, mohârabe, “war”) etc.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /muhabbat/, /mahabbat/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /mʊhabbat/, /mahabbat/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /mohæbbæt/, /mæhæbbæt/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /muhabbat/, /mahabbat/

Noun

Iranian Persian	محبت
Dari	محبت
Tajik	маҳаббат, муҳаббат (mahabbat, muhabbat)

محبت • (mohabbat, mahabbat)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “محبت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (muḥabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة‎ (maḥabba).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/, [mɔ.ɦəbː.ət̪]
Audio (PK) (file)
Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

مُحَبَّت • (muḥabbat) f (Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत)

Declension

Declension of محبت
	singular	plural
direct	محبت‎ (muhabbat)	محبتیں‎ (muhabbatẽ)
oblique	محبت‎ (muhabbat)	محبتوں‎ (muhabbatõ)
vocative	محبت‎ (muhabbat)	محبتو‎ (muhabbato)

Synonyms

عشق‎ (iśq)
پیار‎ (pyār)
پریم‎ (prem)

References

“محبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“محبت”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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