खूब khūb

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

خوب · fa · adv.

Earlier definition

Definition

Very much, in plenty, in abundance.
Good, beautiful.
Very.
Excellent! very good !

Usual translation

  1. a lot

Origin of the definition

ख़ूब ḵẖūba ḳḥu:b (a) very much, in plenty/abundance; good, beautiful; (adv) very (as ख़ूब अच्छा); (inter) excellent! very good !

P خوب ḵẖūb [Pehl. ḵẖvap; Zend hvāpāo, hu+āpa; S. su+apas], adj. & adv. Splendid, beautiful, pretty, charming; good; fine; excellent; pleasing, amiable; — very good; very well; well, excellently, &c.: — ḵẖūb-tar (compar. of ḵẖūb), adj. More beautiful; finer; better: — ḵẖūb-tarīn (superl.), adj. Most beautiful, fairest; best, finest: — ḵẖūb-rū, ḵẖūb-ṣūrat, adj. & s.f. Having a beautiful face, beautiful, handsome; — a beauty: — ḵẖūb-rūʼī, ḵẖūb-ṣūratī, s.f. Comeliness of face or form, beauty.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

225 occurrences

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Avyakts

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Mamma

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Saturday 4 July 2020
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