خوشی

See also: خوشي

Persian

Etymology

From (xoš, “happy”) +‎ (-i, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xu.ˈʃiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃiː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃiː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xu.ʃi]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xo.ʃiː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χu.ʃi]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xušī
Dari reading^?	xušī
Iranian reading^?	xoši
Tajik reading^?	xuši

Noun

خوشی • (xoši)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xuśī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.ʃiː/
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Noun

خوشی • (xośī) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुशी)

happiness; pleasure; delight; joy

Declension

Declension of **خوشی**
	singular	plural
direct	خوشی (xuśī)	خوشِیاں (xuśiyā̃)
oblique	خوشی (xuśī)	خوشِیوں (xuśiyō̃)
vocative	خوشی (xuśī)	خوشِیو (xuśiyō)

Further reading

“خوشی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “خوشی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 295