بدھ

See also: بودا, بودایی, and چهارشنبه

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bʊd̪ʱ/

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Etymology 1

Shortened from بدھوار (budhvār), from Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra).

Proper noun

بُدھ • (budh) m (Hindi spelling बुध)

1. Wednesday

   Synonym: چہار شنبہ (cahār-śanba)

See also

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
پِیر (pīr), سومْوَار (somvār)	مَن٘گَل (maṅgal)	بُدھ (budh)	جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt)	جُمْعَہ (jum'a)	سَنِیچَر (sanīcar), ہَفْتَہ (hafta), شَنْبَہ (śanba)	اِتْوَار (itvār)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰtós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰudᶻdʰás

Proto-Indo-Aryan *buddʰás

Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha)der.

Urdu بدھ

Derived from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Doublet of بت (but).

Noun

بدھ • (buddh) m (Hindi spelling बुद्ध)

1. Buddha

Derived terms

• بدھ مت (buddh-mat, “Buddhism”)

Further reading

• “بدھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بدھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “بدھ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.