خوشگل

Persian

Alternative forms

• خوشکل (xoškel)

Etymology

From خوش (xoš) +‎ گل (gel), compare Old Armenian գեղ (geł), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xʷaʃ.ɡil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.ɡɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.ɡɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.ɡɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuʃ.ɡil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃ.ɡʲel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuʃ.ɡil]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwašgil
Dari reading?	xušgil
Iranian reading?	xošgel
Tajik reading?	xušgil

Adjective

خوشگل • (xošgel) (comparative خوشگل‌تَر (xošgel-tar), superlative خوشگل‌تَرین (xošgel-tarin))

Dari	مقبول, زیبا
Iranian Persian	خوشگل
Tajik	хушрӯ

1. beautiful, handsome, good-looking

   زنم خیلی خوشگل بود

   zan-am xeyli xošgel bud.

   My wife was very beautiful.

   این گل خوشگل را خریدم.

   in gol-e xošgel-râ xaridam.

   I bought this pretty flower.

Inflection

Predicative forms of خوشگل (xošgel)
	singular	plural
1st person (“I am, we are”)	خوشگلم (xošgelam)	خوشگلیم (xošgelim)
2nd person (“you are”)	خوشگلی (xošgeli)	خوشگلید (xošgelid) خوشگلین △ (xošgelin)
3rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	خوشگل است (xošgel ast) خوشگله △ (xošgele)	خوشگلند (xošgeland) خوشگلن △ (xošgelan)
△ Colloquial.

Synonyms

• زیبا (zibâ)
• خوبروی (xubruy)
• خوش‌سیما (xoš-simâ)
• هلو (holu)
• قشنگ (qašang)
• (Iran, of a male) خوش‌تیپ (xoš-tip)
• (Afghanistan) مقبول (maqbul)

Antonyms

• زشت (zešt)
• بدقیافه (bad-qiyâfe)
• بدریخت (bad-rixt)
• بدترکیب (bad-tarkib)
• بی‌ریخت (bi-rixt)
• بدگل (badgel)
• (Afghanistan) بدرنگ (bad-rang)

Derived terms

• خوشگلی (xošgeli)