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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خوش (xʷuš, xʷaš). Compare Bengali খোশ (khōś), Gujarati ખુશ (khuś), Punjabi ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ (xuś).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /xʊʃ/, /kʰʊʃ/
Adjective
ख़ुश • (xuś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling خوش)
- happy, glad, gay, pleased, merry, cheerful, pleasant, delighted
- Synonyms: प्रसन्न (prasann), मुदित (mudit), हर्षित (harṣit), सुखी (sukhī)
- good, excellent, elegant
- Synonyms: उत्तम (uttam), साधु (sādhu), अच्छा (acchā)
- healthy, wholesome
- Synonyms: पूर्ण (pūrṇ), स्वस्थ (svasth)
- agreeable, acceptable, affable, amiable, content, willing
- prosperous, well off, flourishing
- Synonyms: धनी (dhanī), धनाढ्य (dhanāḍhya), धनवान (dhanvān), अमीर (amīr), सुखी (sukhī)
- sweet, delicious
- Synonyms: स्वादु (svādu), स्वादिष्ट (svādiṣṭ), ज़ायक़ेदार (zāyqedār), मज़ेदार (mazedār), लज़ीज़ (lazīz)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खुश”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- “ख़ुश”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ख़ुश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ḳḥush”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House