मक़बूल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (maqbūl), from Arabic مَقْبُول (maqbūl), passive participle of قَبِلَ (qabila, “to accept”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məq.buːl/, [mɐq.buːl], /mək.buːl/, [mɐk.buːl]

Adjective

मक़बूल • (maqbūl) (Urdu spelling مقبول)

accepting, assenting, agreeing
Synonym: स्वीकृत (svīkŕt)
agreeable, worthy
यह चीज़ मुझको मक़बूल है। ― yah cīz mujhko maqbūl hai. ― This thing is pleasing to me.

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मक़बूल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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