بد

See also: پد

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ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the root ب د د‏ (b-d-d). The meaning idol is from Persian بُتْ‏ (bot).

NounEdit

بُدّ • (budd) m (plural بِدَدَة‏ (bidada) or أَبْدَاد‏ (ʾabdād))

1. escape, means of avoiding something

   ‏لَا بُدَّ مِن كَذَا‎

   lā budda min kaḏā

   there is no avoiding such a thing, such a thing is inevitable

2. flight
3. separation
4. part, portion
5. equivalent, substitute
6. idol

DeclensionEdit

Declension of noun بُدّ (budd)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُدّ budd	الْبُدّ‏ al-budd	بُدّ budd
Nominative	بُدٌّ buddun	الْبُدُّ‏ al-buddu	بُدُّ buddu
Accusative	بُدًّا‏ buddan	الْبُدَّ‏ al-budda	بُدَّ budda
Genitive	بُدٍّ buddin	الْبُدِّ‏ al-buddi	بُدِّ buddi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُدَّيْن‏ buddayn	الْبُدَّيْن‏ al-buddayn	بُدَّيْ‏ budday
Nominative	بُدَّانِ‏ buddāni	الْبُدَّانِ‏ al-buddāni	بُدَّا‏ buddā
Accusative	بُدَّيْنِ‏ buddayni	الْبُدَّيْنِ‏ al-buddayni	بُدَّيْ‏ budday
Genitive	بُدَّيْنِ‏ buddayni	الْبُدَّيْنِ‏ al-buddayni	بُدَّيْ‏ budday
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِدَدَة‏‎; أَبْدَاد‏ bidada‎; ʾabdād	الْبِدَدَة‏‎; الْأَبْدَاد‏ al-bidada‎; al-ʾabdād	بِدَدَة‏‎; أَبْدَاد‏ bidadat‎; ʾabdād
Nominative	بِدَدَةٌ‏‎; أَبْدَادٌ‏ bidadatun‎; ʾabdādun	الْبِدَدَةُ‏‎; الْأَبْدَادُ‏ al-bidadatu‎; al-ʾabdādu	بِدَدَةُ‏‎; أَبْدَادُ‏ bidadatu‎; ʾabdādu
Accusative	بِدَدَةً‏‎; أَبْدَادًا‏ bidadatan‎; ʾabdādan	الْبِدَدَةَ‏‎; الْأَبْدَادَ‏ al-bidadata‎; al-ʾabdāda	بِدَدَةَ‏‎; أَبْدَادَ‏ bidadata‎; ʾabdāda
Genitive	بِدَدَةٍ‏‎; أَبْدَادٍ‏ bidadatin‎; ʾabdādin	الْبِدَدَةِ‏‎; الْأَبْدَادِ‏ al-bidadati‎; al-ʾabdādi	بِدَدَةِ‏‎; أَبْدَادِ‏ bidadati‎; ʾabdādi

ReferencesEdit

• “بد” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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North Levantine ArabicEdit

AdverbEdit

بد (badd, bidd)

1. (false verb) want to

   ‏بدي شوفك كل يوم، يا حبيبي‎

   Baddī šūfak kill yōm, yā ḥbībī.

   I want to see you every day, my dear.

2. (false verb) should; need

   ‏شو بدنا نئللو؟‏‎

   Šū badnā nʾil-lū?

   What should we tell him?

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Ottoman TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Persian بد‏ (bad).

AdjectiveEdit

بد‏ • (bed)

1. bad

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PashtoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bəd/

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AdjectiveEdit

بد • (bëd)

1. bad

DeclensionEdit

declension of بد

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	بد‏ (bëd)	بد‏ (bëd)		بده‏ (bëda)	بدې‏ (bëde)
oblique	بد‏ (bëd)	بدو‏ (bëdo)		بدې‏ (bëde)	بدو‏ (bëdo)
vocative	بده‏ (bëda)	بدو‏ (bëdo)		بدې‏ (bëde)	بدو‏ (bëdo)

AdverbEdit

بد • (bad)

1. badly

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PersianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Persian SLYA / wt' (wad, “bad, evil”). Akin to Old Armenian վատ (vat), an Iranian borrowing. Unrelated to English bad, despite phonetic and semantic identity.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bæd/

• Harakat: بَد

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AdjectiveEdit

بد • (bad) (comparative بدتر‏, superlative بدترین‏)

1. bad; not good
2. evil

AntonymsEdit

• خوب‏ (xub)

Derived termsEdit

• بدی‏ (badi)

ReferencesEdit

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “wad”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 85

AdverbEdit

بد • (bad)

1. poorly, badly

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Persian -pt' (-bed), from Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Old Armenian պետ (pet), an Iranian borrowing), from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master”).

NounEdit

بد • (-bad, -bed, -bod)

1. lord, master

ReferencesEdit

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “بد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “-bed”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 18

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South Levantine ArabicEdit

AdverbEdit

بَدّ (badd)

1. want

   ‏بَدِّي شُوفَك كُلّ يُوم يَا حْبِيبِي.‏‎

   baddī šūfak kull yōm yā ḥbībī.

   I want to see you every day, my dear.

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UrduEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Persian بد‏ (bad).

AdjectiveEdit

بد • (bad) — Hindi spelling: बद (bad)

1. bad
2. evil
3. wicked
4. inauspicious

Etymology 2Edit

From Sanskrit वृन्ध (vṛndha).

NounEdit

بد • (bad) m (Hindi spelling बद)

1. bubo