आबरू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (āb(i)rū), shortened from (āb-i-rūy). Compare Punjabi ਆਬਰੂ (ābarū) / آبرو (ābro), Bengali আব্রু (abru), Gujarati આબરૂ (ābarū), Marathi अब्रू (abrū).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːb.ɾuː/, [äːb.ɾuː]

Noun

आबरू • (ābrū) f (Urdu spelling آبرو)

honour, merit
Synonyms: इज़्ज़त (izzat), मान (mān), प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)
- c. 1990, Mangatram Shastri :
  ना महफूज आबरू रहर्यी बच्या नहीं विश्वास सखी
  किस पै करां भरोसा हे बेब्बे कोए बची ना आस सखी
  nā mahphūj ābrū raharyī bacyā nahī̃ viśvās sakhī
  kis pai karā̃ bharosā he bebbe koe bacī nā ās sakhī

Declension

Declension of आबरू (fem ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आबरू ābrū	आबरुएँ ābruẽ
oblique	आबरू ābrū	आबरुओं ābruõ
vocative	आबरू ābrū	आबरुओ ābruo

Related terms

बेआबरू (beābrū, “dishonourable”)

References

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

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