محبت

See also: محبة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba, “love”).

Noun

محبت • (muhabbet)

1. chat, friendly conversation
2. love, affection
3. friendship

Descendants

• Turkish: muhabbet
• → Albanian: muhabet
  • → Aromanian: muabeti
• → Armenian: մուհապէթ (muhapētʻ)
• → Greek: μουχαμπέτι (mouchampéti)
• → Ladino: moabet
• → Macedonian: муабет (muabet)
• → Pontic Greek: μουχαμπέτι (mouchampéti)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “محبت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1126
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “muhabbet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 805
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محبت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1774

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed 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 مهندس (muhandis, mohandes, “engineer”), محاربه (muhāraba, mohârabe, “war”) etc.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mu.haβ.bat], [ma.haβ.bat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦäb.bät̪], [mä.ɦäb.bät̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mo̞.ɦäb.bät̪], [mä.ɦäb.bät̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊ.wäb.bät̪], [mɑːäb.bät̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mu.wäb.bät̪], [mɔːäb.bät̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mo.ɦæb.bæt̪], [mæ.ɦæb.bæt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mu.ɦäb.bät̪], [mä.ɦäb.bät̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	muhaḇḇat, mahaḇḇat
Dari reading?	mohabbat, mahabbat
Iranian reading?	mohabbat, mahabbat
Tajik reading?	muhabbat, mahabbat

Noun

Dari	محبت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маҳаббат, муҳаббат

مُحَبَّت or مَحَبَّت • (mohabbat or mahabbat)

1. love
2. affection
3. kindness

Descendants

• → Bashkir: мөхәббәт (möxəbbət)
• → Bengali: মহব্বত (mohobbot)
• → Gujarati: મોહબત (mohbat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मुहब्बत (muhabbat), मोहब्बत (mohabbat)

  Urdu: محبت (mohabbat, muhabbat)

• → Malayalam: മുഹബ്ബത്ത് (muhabbattŭ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: محبت (muḥabbet)
  • Turkish: muhabbet
  • → Albanian: muhabet
    • → Aromanian: muabeti
  • → Armenian: մուհապէթ (muhapētʻ)
  • → Greek: μουχαμπέτι (mouchampéti)
  • → Ladino: moabet
  • → Macedonian: муабет (muabet)
  • → Pontic Greek: μουχαμπέτι (mouchampéti)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਹੱਬਤ (muhabbat)

  Shahmukhi script: محبت (muḥabbat)

• → Tatar: мәхәббәт (mäxäbbät)
• → Uyghur: مۇھەببەت (muhebbet)
• → Uzbek: muhabbat, муҳаббат (muhabbat)

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة (maḥabba).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /moː.ɦəb.bət̪/, /mʊ.ɦəb.bət̪/, [mɔ.ɦɔb.bət̪]

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

محبت • (mohabbat or muhabbat) f (Hindi spelling मोहब्बत or मुहब्बत)

1. love
2. affection
3. dedication, attachment

Declension

Declension of محبت
	singular	plural
direct	مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)	مُحَبَّتیں (muhabbatẽ)
oblique	مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)	مُحَبَّتوں (muhabbatõ)
vocative	مُحَبَّت (muhabbat)	مُحَبَّتو (muhabbato)

Synonyms

• عِشْق ('iśq)
• پْریم (prem)
• پْیار (pyār)

 

Further reading

• “محبت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “محبت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “محبت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “محبت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “محبت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “محبت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC