مہربان

See also: مهربان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربان (mihrabān, mihrbān).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /meːɦɾ.bɑːn/, /mɪɦɾ.bɑːn/, [mɛ.ɦɛɾ.bɑːn]

Adjective

مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)

  1. loving, affectionate, friendly, kind, benevolent, beneficent, favouring, indulgent, gracious, propitious; compassionate, merciful
    Synonym: دَیاوان (dayāvān)
  • مہربانی (mehrbānī, mihrbānī)

Noun

مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) m (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)

  1. a friend

Further reading
  • “مہربان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مہربان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “مہربان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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