بو دار
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- بودار (būdār)
Etymology edit
From Classical Persian بو دار (bō-dār, “odorous”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /buː.d̪ɑːɾ/, /boː.d̪ɑːɾ/
Noun edit
- scented, aromatic; giving off a (either good or bad) smell or odor
- ہم بو دار باغ میں چلے گئے
- ham bū-dār gulšan mẽ cale ge
- we walked into a scented garden
- اس کا کمرہ بہت بو دار تھا۔
- us kī kamra bhot bū-dār thī
- her room was very smelly
Related terms edit
References edit
- “دار بو دار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دار&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact بو دار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بو دار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “دار بو دار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.