Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بدنام (bad-nām). By surface analysis, बद (bad, “bad”) + नाम (nām, “name”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bəd̪.nɑːm/, [bɐd̪̚.nä̃ːm]
Adjective
बदनाम • (badnām) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بدنام)
- notorious, ill-famed, infamous
- बदनाम करना ― badnām karnā ― to slander, speak ill of