خوش آمدید

Persian

Alternative forms

خوش اومدین (xoš umadin) (colloquial Tehrani)
خوش آمدی (xoš âmadi) (familiar, literary)
- خوش اومدی (xoš umadi) (familiar, colloquial Tehrani)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷaʃ ʔaː.ma.ˈdiːd/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːd̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xʊʃ ʔɑː.mä.d̪eːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xuʃ ʔɔː.mä.d̪eːn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xoʃ ʔɒː.mæ.d̪iːd̪̥]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [xoʃ ʔɒː.mæ.d̪iːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χuʃ ʔɔ.mä.d̪ed̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwaš āmadīd
Dari reading^?	xuš āmadēd
Iranian reading^?	xoš âmadid
Tajik reading^?	xuš omaded

Interjection


Iranian Persian	خوش آمدید
Dari	خوش آمدید
Tajik	хуш омадед

خوش آمدید • (xoš âmadid)

(polite) welcome
.به ایران خوش آمدید
Be Irân xoš âmadid. (literary)

.به ایران خوش اومدین
Be Irân xoš umadin. (colloquial)
Welcome to Iran.

Descendants

→ Bengali: খোশ আমদেদ (khōś amoded)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: ख़ुशआमदीद (xuśaāmdīd)

Urdu: خوش آمدید (xuś āmadīd)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (xuš āmadid).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊʃ ɑː.mə.d̪iːd̪/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Hyphenation: خوش‧آم‧دید

Interjection

خوش آمدید • (xuś āmadīd) (Hindi spelling ख़ुशआमदीद)

(formal) welcome
Synonym: خیر مقدم (xair maqdam)

References

“خوش آمدید”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“خوش+آمدید”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.