بهبود

Persian

Etymology

به (beh, “good”) +‎ بود (bud, past stem of بودن (budan, “to be”)).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bihbūd
Dari reading? behbūd
Iranian reading? behbud
Tajik reading? behbud

Noun

بهبود • (behbud)

  1. improvement, recovery
    روند بهبود اقتصاد ― ravand-e behbud-e eqtesâd ― process of economic recovery
  2. (original sense) health, well-being, welfare
    Synonyms: سلامتی (salâmati), رفاه (refâh)
    • early 1200s, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, “Ghazal 442”, in دیوان عطار‎[1]:
      هر که هست اندر پی بهبود خویش
      دور افتادست از مقصود خویش
      har ki hast andar pay-i bihbūd-i xwēš
      dūr uftāda-st az maqsūd-i xwēš
      Whoever is in seek of his own well-being
      Has fallen far away from his own goal.
      (Classical Persian romanization)

Derived terms

  • بهبود بخشیدن (behbud baxšidan, “(transitive) to improve”)
  • بهبود یافتن (behbud yâftan, “(intransitive) to improve”)
  • بهبودی (behbudi)
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