خوش خبری
Urdu
Etymology
From خوش (xoś, “happy”) + خبر (xabar, “news”) + ی (ī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xʊʃ xə.bə.ɾiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: خوش‧خَبَ‧ری
Noun
خوش خَبَری • (xoś xabarī) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुशख़बरी)
- (religion) glad tidings
- Synonym: بشارت (baśārat)
- (literally) good news (something positive)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | خوش خبری (xoś xabarī) | (xoś xabariyā̃) |
| oblique | (xoś xabarī) | (xoś xabariyō̃) |
| vocative | (xoś xabarī) | (xoś xabariyō) |
References
- “خوش+خبری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “KHush-KHabarii”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.