मेहरबानी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربانی (mihrbānī). Analysable as मेहरबान (mehrbān) + -ई (-ī). Compare Punjabi ਮਿਹਰਬਾਨੀ (mihrabānī) / مہربانی (mhrbānī), Gujarati મહેરબાની (maherbānī), Bengali মেহেরবানি (meherbani), Marathi मेहेरबानी (meherbānī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /meːɦɾ.bɑː.niː/, [meːʱɾ.bäː.niː]
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेहरबानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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