خوشگل

Persian

Alternative forms

خوشکل (xoškel)

Etymology

From (xoš) +‎ (gel), compare Old Armenian գեղ (geł), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷaʃ.ˈɡil/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.ɡɪl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ.ɡɪl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuʃ.ɡil̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃ.ɡʲel̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuʃ.ɡil]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwašgil
Dari reading^?	xušgil
Iranian reading^?	xošgel
Tajik reading^?	xušgil

Adjective

خوشگل • (xošgel) (comparative خوشگل‌تَر, superlative خوشگل‌تَرین)


Dari	مقبول, زیبا
Iranian Persian	خوشگل
Tajik	хушрӯ

beautiful, handsome, good-looking
zan-am xeyli xošgel bud.
My wife was very beautiful.

in gol-e xošgel-râ xaridam.
I bought this pretty flower.

Inflection

Predicative forms of **خوشگل** (xošgel)
	singular	plural
1^st person (“I am, we are”)	خوشگلم (xošgelam)	خوشگلیم (xošgelim)
2^nd person (“you are”)	خوشگلی (xošgeli)	خوشگلید، خوشگلین^△ (xošgelid, xošgelin^△)
3^rd person (“he/she/it is, they are”)	خوشگل است، خوشگله^△ (xošgel ast, xošgele^△)	خوشگلند، خوشگلن^△ (xošgeland, xošgelan^△)

^△ Colloquial.

Synonyms

خوبروی (xubruy)
(Iran, of a male) خوش‌تیپ (xoš-tip)
خوش‌سیما (xoš-simâ)
زیبا (zibâ)
قشنگ (qašang)
(Afghanistan) مقبول (maqbul)
هلو (holu)

Antonyms

بدترکیب (bad-tarkib)
(Afghanistan) بدرنگ (bad-rang)
بدریخت (bad-rixt)
بدقیافه (bad-qiyâfe)
بدگل (badgel)
بی‌ریخت (bi-rixt)
زشت (zešt)

Derived terms

خوشگلی (xošgeli)