محبوبیت · مَحْبُوب — popularity
Persian coinageProbablenoun · Society · common
Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.
Arabic
مَحْبُوب
maḥbūb/maħbuːb/
In Arabic
beloved, popular (adjective)
Arabic says: شَعْبِيَّة shaʿbiyya
Persian
محبوبیت
mahbubiyyat/mæhbubijjæt/
In Persian
popularity
- Root
- ح ب ب
- Pattern
- مَفْعُول
Note. Built in Persian on maḥbūb 'beloved'; Arabic rarely forms it. An Arabic speaker says shaʿbiyya.
Spelling. Persian adds the abstract ending -iyyat to the Arabic participle.
Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr