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

     

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

    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)

    Further reading

    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

    Declension

    Declension of بدمعاش
    singular plural
    direct بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś) بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś)
    oblique بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś) بَدْمَعَاشوں (badma'āśõ)
    vocative بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āś) بَدْمَعَاشو (badma'āśo)

    Descendants

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