حرام زادہ
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حرامزاده (harāmzāda).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦə.ɾɑːm‿zɑː.d̪ɑ(ːʱ)/
Noun
حَرام زادَہ • (ḥarām zādah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਰਾਮਜ਼ਾਦਾ)
- (derogatory) bastard
- (loosely, derogatory) scoundrel
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian حرامزاده (harāmzāda).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦə.ɾɑːm.zɑːd̪.ɑ(ː)/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
حَرام زادَہ • (harām zāda) m (feminine حَرام زادی (harām zādī), Hindi spelling हरामज़ादा)
- bastard, illegitimate child
- (vulgar) son of a bitch
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | حَرام زادَہ (harām zādah) | حَرام زادے (harām zāde) |
| oblique | حَرام زادے (harām zāde) | حَرام زادوں (harām zādõ) |
| vocative | حَرام زادے (harām zāde) | حَرام زادو (harām zādo) |
Derived terms
- حَرام زادَگی (harām zādagī, “rascality, illegitimacy”)
Further reading
- “زادہ حرام زادہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “زادہ حرام زادہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “حرام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “حرام زادہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “حرام”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC