خوب

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See also: چوپ, حوت, چوٹ, چوت, جوب, and چوب

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خوب (xub).

Adjective

خوب (xōb)

  1. (with a following noun) good; someone or something good
  2. well

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (xūb), from Old Persian (*ʰuvāpa), from Proto-Iranian *HhuHā́pah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HsuHápas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- (“good”) +‎ *h₃épos (“work”). Compare Sogdian (xwp).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xūḇ
Dari reading? xūb
Iranian reading? xub
Tajik reading? xub
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

Dari خوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik хуб

خوب • (xub) (comparative خوب‌تَر (xub-tar), superlative خوب‌تَرین (xub-tarin))

  1. good
  2. well
  3. nice

Usage notes

Inflection

    Predicative forms of خوب (xub)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”) 		خوبم
(xubam) 		خوبیم
(xubim)
2nd person
(“you are”) 		خوبی
(xubi) 		خوبید
(xubid)
خوبین △
(xubin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”) 		خوب است
(xub ast)
خوبه △
(xube) 		خوبند
(xuband)
خوبن △
(xuban)
△ Colloquial.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Urdu: خوب (xub)
  • Uzbek: xoʻp

Adverb

Dari خوب
Iranian Persian
Tajik хуб

خوب • (xub)

  1. well
  2. nicely

Antonyms

Descendants

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خوب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Aryanpur-Kashani, Manoochehr (2005) The Aryanpur Progressive Persian–English Dictionary‎, Tehran: Jahan Rayaneh, →ISBN
  • Rubinčik Ju. A., editor (1985), “خوب”, in Persidsko-russkij slovarʹ [Persian–Russian Dictionary]‎ (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk
  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خوب”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
  • “خوب”, in Langenscheidt Universal-Wörterbuch Persisch, München: Langenscheidt, 2002, →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوب (xūb), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭡 (xūb). Compare Marathi खूप (khūp).

Pronunciation

Adjective

خُوب • (xūb) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling ख़ूब)

  1. many, much, a lot
    Synonyms: کافِی (kāfī), بَہَت (bahat), اَنیک (anek), بیش (beś)
  2. good, well, in a good manner

Derived terms

References

  • “خوب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “خوب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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