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