بدصورت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بدصورت (badsūrat), or from Urdu بد (“bad”) + Urdu صورت (“appearance”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.suː.ɾət̪/

Adjective

بَدصُورَت • (badsūrat) (Hindi spelling बदसूरत)

1. ugly
2. elegant

References

• “بدصورت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بدصورت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.