بدمعاش

Persian

Alternative forms

• بد معاش (bad ma'âš) (with space)
• بدماش (bad-mâš) (colloquial Dari)

Etymology

From بد (bad, “bad, evil”) +‎ معاش (ma'āš / ma'âš, “salary, living”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bað.ma.ʔɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.mä.ʔɑːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.mä.ʔɑːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.mɑːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.mɔːɔːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæd̪.mæ.ʔɒːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäd̪.mä.ʔɔʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	baḏ-ma'āš
Dari reading?	bad-ma'āš
Iranian reading?	bad-ma'âš
Tajik reading?	bad-maʾoš

Adjective

بدمعاش • (bad-ma'āš / bad-ma'âš)

1. (Iran, of a person) of a bad life, trade, profession
2. (archaic) immoral

Noun

بدمعاش • (bad-ma'āš / bad-ma'âš) (plural بدمعاشان or بدمعاش‌ها)

1. rascal, scoundrel, ruffian
2. (Dari) hoodlum, thug, outlaw, bully

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बदमाश (badmāś)

  Urdu: بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś)

  • → Phalura: badmaáš

Further reading

• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “بدمعاش”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 51
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بدمعاش”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “بد معاش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Punjabi

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.

Punjabi بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś)

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

Noun

بَدْمَعَاش • (badmaʻāś) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਦਮਾਸ਼)

1. thug
2. rascal

Declension

Declension of بدمعاش

	singular	plural
direct	بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś)	بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś)
oblique	بَدْمَعَاش (badmaʻāś)	بَدْمَعَاشاں (badmaʻāśāṉ)
vocative	بَدْمَعَاشا (badmaʻāśā)	بَدْمَعَاشو (badmaʻāśo)
ablative	بَدْمَعَاشوں (badmaʻāśoṉ)	بَدْمَعَاشاں (badmaʻāśāṉ)
locative	بَدْمَعَاشے (badmaʻāśe)	بَدْمَعَاشِیں (badmaʻāśīṉ)
instrumental	بَدْمَعَاشوں (badmaʻāśoṉ)	–

Urdu

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 بَدْمَعاش (badma'āś)

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

Noun

بَدْمَعاش • (badma'āś) m (Hindi spelling बदमाश)

1. thug, bully

   یہ شخص اتنا بدمعاش ہے ― This person is such a rascal

Descendants

• → Phalura: badmaáš