मक़बूल

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məq.buːl/, [mɐq.buːl], /mək.buːl/, [mɐk.buːl]

Adjective

मक़बूल • (maqbūl) (Urdu spelling مقبول)

1. accepting, assenting, agreeing

   Synonym: स्वीकृत (svīkŕt)

2. agreeable, worthy

   यह चीज़ मुझको मक़बूल है।

   yah cīz mujhko maqbūl hai.

   This thing is pleasing to me.

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मक़बूल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press