مقبول

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَقْبُول‎ (maqbūl), passive participle of قَبِلَ‎ (qabila, “to accept”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäq.buːl]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mäq.buːl]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mäq.bul̥]

Readings
Classical reading? maqbūl
Dari reading? maqbūl
Iranian reading? mağbul
Tajik reading? maqbul

Adjective
Dari مقبول‎
Iranian Persian خوشگل‎
Tajik хушрӯ

مَقْبُول • (maqbûl)

  1. (all dialects) accepted, assenting
  2. (chiefly Dari) beautiful, pretty, lovely, elegant; handsome
    ‏مویش خیلی مقبوله!‎‎ (colloquial Dari)
    mūyš-i xēlī maqbūl-a!
    their hair is very pretty!
  3. (chiefly Dari) cute, adorable
  4. known

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مقبول‎ (maqbūl), from Arabic مَقْبُول‎ (maqbūl), passive participle of قَبِلَ‎ (qabila, “to accept”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məq.buːl/
  • Rhymes: -uːl
  • Hyphenation: مَق‧بُول

Adjective

مَقبُول • (maqbūl) (Hindi spelling मक़बूल)

  1. accepted, assenting
  2. known
    Synonyms: نامِی‎ (nāmī), پْرَکھْیات‎ (prakhyāt), وِکھْیات‎ (vikhyāt), مَعْرُوف‎ (ma'rūf), مَشْہُور‎ (maśhūr)

References
  • “مقبول”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مقبول”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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