Where does “ख़ुशख़बरी” come from?

ख़ुशख़बरी (Hindi) comes from Hindi ख़बर, from Persian خبر, from Arabic خَبَر — news, information.

ख़ुशख़बरी (Hindi): good news

Definitions

  1. good news

Ancestry of “ख़ुशख़बरी”, step by step

ख़ुशख़बरी traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hindi ख़बर

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiख़बरnews; information, intelligence, knowledge;...
2Persianخبرnews; information, intelligence, knowledge
3Arabicخَبَرnews, information

via Hindi ख़ुश

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiख़ुशhappy
2Classical Persianخوش—
Every word from Arabic خَبَر →Every word from Persian خبر →Every word from Hindi ख़बर →