برباد

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بر باد (bar bād, literally to the wind). Compare Bengali বরবাদ (bôrbad).

Pronunciation

Adjective

برباد • (barbād) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बर्बाद)

  1. ruined
  2. destroyed

References

  • برباد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • برباد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu برباد (barbād).

Adjective

برباد (barbād)

  1. ruined, destroyed

Verb

برباد (barbād)

  1. to be lost