بدمعاش

Persian

Alternative forms

  • بد معاش (bad ma'âš) (with space)
  • بدماش (bad-mâš) (colloquial Dari)

Etymology

    From بد (bad, “bad, evil”) +‎ معاش (ma'āš / ma'âš, “salary, living”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? bad-ma'āš
    Dari reading? bad-ma'āš
    Iranian reading? bad-ma'âš
    Tajik reading? bad-ma'oš

    Adjective

    بدمعاش • (bad-ma'āš / bad-ma'âš)

    1. (Iran, of a person) of a bad life, trade, profession
    2. (archaic) immoral

    Noun

    بدمعاش • (bad-ma'āš / bad-ma'âš) (plural بدمعاشان, or بدمعاش‌ها)

    1. rascal, scoundrel, ruffian
    2. (Dari) hoodlum, thug, outlaw, bully

    Descendants

    • → Hindustani:
      Hindi: बदमाश (badmāś)
      Urdu: بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś)

    Further reading

    Punjabi

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Iranian *watah
      Classical Persian بَد (bad)
      Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša)
      Arabic مَعَاش (maʕāš)bor.
      Classical Persian مَعَاش (ma'āš)
      Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš)bor.
      Punjabi بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš), from بَد (bad) + مَعَاش (ma'āš).

      Noun

      بَدْمَعَاش • (badmaʻāś) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਦਮਾਸ਼)

      1. thug
      2. rascal

      Declension

      Declension of بدمعاش
      singular plural
      direct بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś) بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś)
      oblique بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś) بَدْمَعَاشاں (badmaʻāśāṉ)
      vocative بَدْمَعَاشا (badmaʻāśā) بَدْمَعَاشو (badmaʻāśo)
      ablative بَدْمَعَاشوں (badmaʻāśoṉ) بَدْمَعَاشاں (badmaʻāśāṉ)
      locative بَدْمَعَاشے (badmaʻāśe) بَدْمَعَاشِیں (badmaʻāśīṉ)
      instrumental بَدْمَعَاشوں (badmaʻāśoṉ) –

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Iranian *watah
        Classical Persian بَد (bad)
        Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša)
        Arabic مَعَاش (maʕāš)bor.
        Classical Persian مَعَاش (ma'āš)
        Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš)bor.
        Urdu بَدْمَعاش (badma'āś)

        Borrowed from Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš), from بَد (bad) + مَعَاش (ma'āš).

        Noun

        بَدْمَعاش • (badma'āś) m (Hindi spelling बदमाश)

        1. thug, bully
          یہ شخص اتنا بدمعاش ہے ― This person is such a rascal

        Declension

        Declension of بدمعاش
        singular plural
        direct بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś) بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś)
        oblique بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś) بَدْمَعَاشوں (badma'āśõ)
        vocative بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś) بَدْمَعَاشو (badma'āśo)

        Descendants

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