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mahboob

mahboob is the alternative form of mahbub.

Meaning of mahbub

Noun

mahbub (plural mahbubs or mahbub)

  1. A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.
    • His ready cash consisted of eight hundred thousand mahbub and funduclys; the rest of his treasure was in jewels, to the amount of about six million of ducats.1783, Sauveur Lusignan, A history of the Revolution of Ali Bey against the Ottoman Porte, page 119
    Synonyms:
    zermahbub

Forms of mahboob

pluralmahboob
pluralmahboobs

Questions about mahboob

What is mahboob the alternative form of?
Mahboob is the alternative form of mahbub.

Words near mahboob in the dictionary

  1. Mahayanism
  2. Mahayanist
  3. Mahayanistic
  4. Mahayanists
  5. Mahayod-Hayod
  6. mahboob
  7. mahboobs
  8. mahbub
  9. Mahbubnagar
  10. mahbubs
  11. Mahdavi

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