خوشبو

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From خوش (xoš) +‎ بو (bu).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xwašbō, xwašbōy
Dari reading? xušbō, xušbūy, xušbū
Iranian reading? xošbu, xošbuy
Tajik reading? xušbü, xušbüy

Adjective

Dari خوشبو
Iranian Persian
Tajik хушбӯ, хушбӯй

خوشبو (xošbu)

  1. sweet-smelling
  2. fragrant

Noun

خوشبو (xošbu)

  1. fragrance
  2. perfume

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوشبو (xʷašbu). By surface analysis, خوش (xuš, pleasant; sweet) +‎ بو (, smell, scent). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi خوشبو (xvśbv).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

خُوشْبُو (xūśbūf (Hindi spelling ख़ुशबू)

  1. pleasant-smell; sweet-smell
    اس کی داڑھی سے خوشبو آرہی تھی
    us ke dāṛhī se xušbū ārhī thī
    a pleasant-smell was coming off his beard
  2. fragrance, scent; odor, aroma
    تیری خوشبو جنت کی ہے
    terī xušbū jannat kī hai
    your fragrance is that of paradise
  3. perfume, cologne
    خوشبو لگانا، فرشتاوں انا
    xušbū lagānā, farištõ ānā
    put on perfume, the angels visit

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References

  1. ^ خوشبو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

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