بکواس
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]بَکوا (bakvā, “talkative, chattery, garrulous”) + ـآس (-ās, noun suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit](Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bək.ʋɑːs/
Noun
[edit]بَکواس • (bakvās) f (Hindi spelling बकवास)
- talkativeness, garrulity, chatter, blathering
- (common) rubbish, nonsense
- کیا بکواس ہے! ― kyā bakvās hai! ― What rubbish!
- بکواس بند کرو۔ ― bakvās band karo. ― Stop this nonsense.
Derived terms
[edit]- بَکواسی (bakvāsī)
References
[edit]- “بکواس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بکواس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.