badmaáš

Phalura

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 بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś)bor.
    Phalura badmaáš

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /badmaaɕ/

    Noun

    badmaáš m (Perso-Arabic spelling بدمعاش)

    1. rascal
    2. criminal

    Declension

    Declension of badmaáš (aan-decl)
    singular plural
    nominative badmaáš badmaašaán, badmaašá
    oblique badmaašá badmaašoóm, badmaašaanoóm

    References

    • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “badmaáš”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
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