بد

See also: پد‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension

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

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “بد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “بد”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِوِدِّ‎ (biwiddi).

Preposition

بد • (badd, bidd)

1. want to

   ‏بدي شوفك كل يوم، يا حبيبي‎

   Baddi šūfak kill yōm, ya ḥabībi.

   I want to see you every day, my dear.

2. should; need

   ‏شو بدنا نئللو؟‎‎

   Šu badna nʾil-lu?

   What should we tell him?

Usage notes

• The past is formed by adding كان‎ (kēn), which originally would be left unchanged, but is now equally commonly conjugated. Thus: كان بدي شوفك (kēn baddi šūfak) or كنت بدي شوفك (kint baddi šūfak), both “I wanted to see you.”

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian بد‎ (bad).

Adjective

بد‎ • (bed)

1. bad

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəd/

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Adjective

بد • (bëd)

1. bad

Declension

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)

Adverb

بد • (bad)

1. badly

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian SLYA / wt' (wad, “bad, evil”), known not to descend from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰ-, rather from *wed(h)-. Akin to Old Armenian վատ (vat), an Iranian borrowing. Unrelated to English bad, despite phonetic and semantic identity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæd/

• Harakat: بَد

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Adjective

بد • (bad) (comparative بدتَر‎ (bad-tar), superlative بدتَرین‎ (bad-tarin))

1. bad; not good
2. evil

Antonyms

• خوب‎ (xub)

Adverb

بد • (bad)

1. poorly, badly

Derived terms

• بدی‎ (badi)

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

بد • (-bad, -bed, -bod)

1. lord, master

References

• 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 Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic بِوِدِّ‎ (biwiddi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bidd/, [bɪd]

Preposition

بدّ • (bidd-)

1. (false verb) to want

   ‏بدّك قهوة؟‎‎

   biddak ʔahwe?

   Do you want some coffee?

   ‏بدي أشوفك كل يوم يا حبيبي.‎‎

   biddi ʔašūfak kull yōm ya ḥabībi.

   I want to see you every day, my dear.

   Synonym: حبّ‎ (ḥabb)

2. (false verb, by extension) to need

   ‏ابني مريض كتير وبدّه دوا صروري.‎‎

   ibni marīḍ ktīr w biddo dawa ḍurūri.

   My son is very sick and needs medicine.

   (literally, “My son is very sick and wants medicine necessarily.”)

   Synonym: احتاج‎ (iḥtāj)

3. (auxiliary) will, going to

   ‏بدي أمرق لعنده بكرة.‎‎

   biddi ʔamroʔ la-ʕindo bukra.

   I'm going to go to his house tomorrow.

   Synonym: رح‎ (raḥ)

Usage notes

• Similar to terms like عند‎ (ʕind, “to have”), the term بدّ‎ (bidd) is "conjugated" with enclitic pronouns. Unlike عند‎ (ʕind), however, بدّ‎ (bidd) has no inherent meaning and can never be used entirely by itself.

Inflection

Inflected forms of بد
Base form					بدّ (bidd)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		بدّي‎ (biddi)		بدنا‎ (bidna)
2nd person		بدّك‎ (biddak)	بدّك‎ (biddek)	بدكم‎ (bidkom)
3rd person		بدّه‎ (biddo)	بدها‎ (bidha)	بدهم‎ (bidhom)

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Persian بد‎ (bad).

Adjective

بد • (bad) (Hindi spelling बद)

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

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit वृन्ध (vṛndha).

Noun

بد • (bad) m (Hindi spelling बद)

1. bubo