Persian

Noun

محبت • ‎(mahabbat, mohabbat)

1. love
2. affection
3. kindness

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934–1936), “mahabbat”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Beroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

From Persian محبت ‎(mohabbat), from Arabic مَحَبَّة ‎(maḥabba, “affection”).

Noun

محبت • ‎(muhabbat, mohabbat) f ‎(Hindi spelling मुहब्बत or मोहब्बत)

1. love
2. affection

Synonyms

• عشق ‎('išq)
• پریم ‎(prem)
• پیار ‎(pyār)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “محبت”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.