بکواس

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Urdu

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Etymology

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بَکوا (bakvā, talkative, chattery, garrulous) +‎ ـآس (-ās, noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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(Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bək.ʋɑːs/

Noun

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بَکواس (bakvāsf (Hindi spelling बकवास)

  1. talkativeness, garrulity, chatter, blathering
  2. (common) rubbish, nonsense
    کیا بکواس ہے!kyā bakvās hai!What rubbish!
    بکواس بند کرو۔bakvās band karo.Stop this nonsense.

Derived terms

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References

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  • بکواس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بکواس”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.