بد بو
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- بدبو (badbū)
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian بَد بو (bad-bū, “stink, stench”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bəd̪.buː/, /bəd̪.boː/
Noun edit
- stink, stench; bad-smell, bad-odor
- تمہاری بغلوں سے بدبو آ رہی ہے
- tumhārī baġalõ se bad-bū ā rhī he!
- there is a stench coming off your armpits!
- اپنے بستر کی چادروں سے بدبو صاف کریں۔
- apnī bistar kī cādarõ se bad-bū sāf karẽ
- clean the stench off your bedsheets!
Antonyms edit
- خوشبو (xušbū)
Derived terms edit
- بَد بُودار (bad-bū-dār, “stinky, smelly”)
References edit
- “بو بد بو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بو&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact بد بو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بد بو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “بو بد بو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.