بددعا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بد دعا (bad-du'a)

Etymology

From بد (“mal-, evil, inauspicious”) +‎ دعا (“prayer, wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.d̪ʊ.ɑː/

Noun

بددعا • (baddu'ā) f (Hindi spelling बद्दुआ)

1. curse, malediction
2. anathema

Declension

Declension of بددعا
	singular	plural
direct	بددعا (baddu'a)	بددعایں (baddu'aẽ)
oblique	بددعا (baddu'a)	بددعاوں (baddu'aõ)
vocative	بددعا (baddu'a)	بددعاو (baddu'ao)

Synonyms

• لعنت (lānat)

References

• “بددعا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.