بد بودار

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بَدبُو دار (badbū-dār)
• بَدبُودار (badbūdār)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَد بُودَار (bad būdār, “stinky, smelly”), analyzable as بد (bad, “bad, disagreeable”) +‎ بو (bū, “smell, odor”) +‎ دار (dār, “having”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.buː.d̪ɑːɾ/

Noun

بد بودار • (bad-būdār) ?

1. stinky, smelly; reeking

   اپنی بدبودار بغلوں کو دھوئے

   apnī badbūdār bağalõ ko dho'e

   wash your smelly armpits!

   اپنی بدبودار کمرہ کو صاف کرو

   apnī badbūdār kamra ko sāf karo

   clean your stinky bedroom!

Related terms

• بد بو (bad-bū)
• بو دار (bū-dār)

References

• “بودار بد بودار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بودار&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact بد بودار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بد بودار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “بودار بد بودار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.