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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Linguistic

Urdu: Khushboo

Khush = happy

boo = smell

Hence,

Engish: Happy-smell

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Faraz here.

If I remember correctly, khush also means pleasant. Hence, khushboo would mean pleasant-smell. :)

3:59 PM  
Blogger fahd said...

really? im trying to remember what word is used for pleasant...can't think. i don't think i've heard khush being used for pleasant before tho. doesn't seeem to fit..i think khush is quite exclusively used for happy, but i may be wrong...

5:45 PM  

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