Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Dilruba
دلرباSay it dil-ROO-baa
- Meaning today
- Sweetheart, heart-stealer, beloved
- Original meaning
- "heart-ravishing; a beloved, sweetheart" Steingass, p. 532
- Say it
- dil-ROO-baa
- Written
- دلربا
- Other spellings
- Dilrubaa, Delruba
Dilruba
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Dilruba meaning
Dilruba (دلربا) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
Heart-ravishing; a beloved, sweetheart
Also used to mean: heart-stealer
Dilruba (دلربا) is a Persian compound of dil, "heart", and rubā, from rubūdan, "to carry off". Steingass's Persian dictionary defines it as heart-ravishing, and as a beloved person. In Urdu poetry and Hindi film songs dilrubā is a common word for a sweetheart. The same word names the dilruba, a bowed string instrument of north India played in Sikh devotional music and Hindustani music. Name lists give Dilruba as "sweetheart" or "heart-stealer". The name is used by Muslim families in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 532 · entry dil-rubā (دلربا) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, dil-rubā, p. 532 · Wikipedia, Dilruba (instrument)
Spellings
Dilruba · Dilrubaa · Delruba