خوشبو
Persian
Alternative forms
- خوشبوی (xošbuy)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [xʷaʃ.boː], [xʷaʃ.boːj]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xʊʃ.boː], [xʊʃ.buːj], [xʊʃ.buː]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xʊʃ.boː], [xʊʃ.buːj], [xʊʃ.buː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xuʃ.bʊː], [xuʃ.buj], [xuʃ.bu]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xoʃ.buː], [xoʃ.buːj]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [χuʃ.bɵ], [χuʃ.bɵj]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xwašbō, xwašbōy |
| Dari reading? | xušbō, xušbūy, xušbū |
| Iranian reading? | xošbu, xošbuy |
| Tajik reading? | xušbü, xušbüy |
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خوشبو (xʷašbu), analyzable as خوش (xuš, “pleasant; sweet”) + بو (bū, “smell, scent”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xʊʃ.buː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
خوشبو • (xuśbū) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुशबू)
- pleasant-smell; sweet-smell
- اس کی داڑھی سے خوشبو آرہی تھی
- us ke dāṛhī se xušbū ārhī thī
- a pleasant-smell was coming off his beard
- fragrance, scent; odor, aroma
- تیری خوشبو جنت کی ہے
- terī xušbū jannat kī hai
- your fragrance is that of paradise
- perfume, cologne
- خوشبو لگانا، فرشتاوں انا
- xušbū lagānā, farištõ ānā
- put on perfume, the angels visit
Antonyms
- بد بو (bad-bū)
Derived terms
- خوشبوئی (xušbū'ī, “fragrance”)
- خوشبودار (xušbūdār, “fragrant”)
- خوشبو دانہ (xušbū-dāna, “incense”)
- خوشبو ساز (xušbū-sāz, “perfumer”)
- خوشبو خانہ (xušbū-xāna)
References
- “خوشبو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خوشبو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “خوشبو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “خوشبو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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