مهربان

See also: مہربان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مهربان.

Adjective

مهربان • (mihrban, mihriban)

1. kind, affectionate

Noun

مهربان • (mihrban, mihriban)

1. a possessor of affection, a sincere friend

Related terms

• مهربانلق (mihrbanlık, mihribanlık)
• مهربانی (mihrbani, mihribani)

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مهربان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2045

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mtr'pʾn' /⁠mihrbān⁠/). Compare Parthian [script needed] (myhrbʾn /⁠mihrbān⁠/). Related to مهر (mehr, “kindness, love”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mih.ɾa.ˈβɑːn], [mihɾ.ˈbɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾä.bɑ́ːn], [me̞ɦɾ.bɑ́ːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [me̞ɦ.ɾä.bɑ́ːn], [me̞ɦɾ.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪ.ɾä.bɑ́ːn], [mɪɾ.bɑ́ːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mi.ɾä.bɔ́ːn], [miɾ.bɔ́ːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɹæ.bɒ́ːn], [meɦɹ.bɒ́ːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [meɦ.ɾu.bɔ́n]

Readings
Classical reading?	mihraḇān, mihrbān
Dari reading?	mehrabān, mehrbān
Iranian reading?	mehrabân, mehrbân
Tajik reading?	mehrubon

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Adjective

Dari	مهربان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	меҳрубон

مهربان • (mehrabân)

1. kind
2. gracious

Derived terms

• مهربانی (mehrabâni)

Descendants

• → Armenian: մեհրիբան (mehriban)
• → Azerbaijani: mehriban
• → Bengali: মেহেরবান (meherban)
• → Chagatai: مهربان
  • Uyghur: مېھرىبان (mëhriban)
  • Uzbek: mehribon
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मेहरबान (meharbān)

  Urdu: مہربان (mehrbān)

• → Ottoman Turkish: مهربان (mihrban, mihriban)
• → Turkmen: mähriban