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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مهربان (mihrabān, mihrbān).
Pronunciation
Adjective
مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)
- loving, affectionate, friendly, kind, benevolent, beneficent, favouring, indulgent, gracious, propitious; compassionate, merciful
- Synonym: دَیاوان (dayāvān)
Noun
مہربان • (mehrbān or mihrbān) m (Hindi spelling मेहरबान)
- 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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.