بدھ

See also: بودا, بودایی, and چهارشنبه

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊd̪ʱ/

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Etymology 1

Shortened from بدھوار (budhvār), from Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra).

Proper noun

بُدھ • (budh) m (Hindi spelling बुध)

1. Wednesday

See also

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
اِتْوَار (itvār)	پِیر (pīr)	مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)	بُدھ (budh)	جُمْعَرات (jum'arāt)	جُمْعَہ (jum'a)	ہَفْتَہ (hafta)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha).

Noun

بدھ • (buddh) m (Hindi spelling बुद्ध)

1. Buddha
2. Buddhist

Further reading

• “بدھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بدھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بدھ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.