مقبول

Arabic

Root
ق ب ل (q b l)
21 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb قَبِلَ (qabila, “to accept”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maq.buːl/
• Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

مَقْبُول • (maqbūl) (feminine مَقْبُولَة (maqbūla), masculine plural مَقْبُولُونَ (maqbūlūna), feminine plural مَقْبُولَات (maqbūlāt))

1. passive participle of قَبِلَ (qabila)
   1. acceptable, accepted, admissible, acknowledged
   2. (Islam) accepted (an accepted Hadith)

Declension

Declension of adjective مَقْبُول (maqbūl)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَقْبُول maqbūl	الْمَقْبُول al-maqbūl	مَقْبُولَة maqbūla	الْمَقْبُولَة al-maqbūla
nominative	مَقْبُولٌ maqbūlun	الْمَقْبُولُ al-maqbūlu	مَقْبُولَةٌ maqbūlatun	الْمَقْبُولَةُ al-maqbūlatu
accusative	مَقْبُولًا maqbūlan	الْمَقْبُولَ al-maqbūla	مَقْبُولَةً maqbūlatan	الْمَقْبُولَةَ al-maqbūlata
genitive	مَقْبُولٍ maqbūlin	الْمَقْبُولِ al-maqbūli	مَقْبُولَةٍ maqbūlatin	الْمَقْبُولَةِ al-maqbūlati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَقْبُولَيْن maqbūlayn	الْمَقْبُولَيْن al-maqbūlayn	مَقْبُولَتَيْن maqbūlatayn	الْمَقْبُولَتَيْن al-maqbūlatayn
nominative	مَقْبُولَانِ maqbūlāni	الْمَقْبُولَانِ al-maqbūlāni	مَقْبُولَتَانِ maqbūlatāni	الْمَقْبُولَتَانِ al-maqbūlatāni
accusative	مَقْبُولَيْنِ maqbūlayni	الْمَقْبُولَيْنِ al-maqbūlayni	مَقْبُولَتَيْنِ maqbūlatayni	الْمَقْبُولَتَيْنِ al-maqbūlatayni
genitive	مَقْبُولَيْنِ maqbūlayni	الْمَقْبُولَيْنِ al-maqbūlayni	مَقْبُولَتَيْنِ maqbūlatayni	الْمَقْبُولَتَيْنِ al-maqbūlatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَقْبُولِين maqbūlīn	الْمَقْبُولِين al-maqbūlīn	مَقْبُولَات maqbūlāt	الْمَقْبُولَات al-maqbūlāt
nominative	مَقْبُولُونَ maqbūlūna	الْمَقْبُولُونَ al-maqbūlūna	مَقْبُولَاتٌ maqbūlātun	الْمَقْبُولَاتُ al-maqbūlātu
accusative	مَقْبُولِينَ maqbūlīna	الْمَقْبُولِينَ al-maqbūlīna	مَقْبُولَاتٍ maqbūlātin	الْمَقْبُولَاتِ al-maqbūlāti
genitive	مَقْبُولِينَ maqbūlīna	الْمَقْبُولِينَ al-maqbūlīna	مَقْبُولَاتٍ maqbūlātin	الْمَقْبُولَاتِ al-maqbūlāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məqbul
• → Persian: مقبول
  • → Hindi: मक़बूल (maqbūl)
  • → Urdu: مَقبُول (maqbūl)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مقبول (makbûl)
  • Turkish: makbul
  • → Ladino: mahpul
• → Uyghur: مەقبۇل (meqbul)
• → Uzbek: maqbul

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maq.buːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäq.buːl]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʁ.buːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäq.bul]

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

Adjective

Dari	مقبول, زیبا
Iranian Persian	خوشگل
Tajik	хушрӯ

مقبول • (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], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.