بیوقوف

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیوقوف (bēwuqūf), from بی (bē-, “without”) + Arabic وُقُوف (wuqūf, “standing still; study, knowledge”). Compare Bengali বেকুব (bekub), Gujarati બેવકૂફ (bevakūph).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /beː.ʋʊ.quːf/

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• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /beʋəkuːf/, /beʋəquːf/, /beʋʊquːf/

Noun

بیوقوف • (bevaqūf) m (Hindi spelling बेवक़ूफ़)

1. stupid
2. idiot