خوشی

See also: خوشي

Persian

Etymology

From خوش (xoš, “happy”) +‎ ـی (-i, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xu.ʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xʊ.ʃiː]

• (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)

1. happiness
2. pleasure

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خوشی (xuśī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xʊ.ʃiː/

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Noun

خوشی • (xośī) f (Hindi spelling ख़ुशी)

1. 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