برباد

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian برباد (bar-bād, literally “to the wind”). Compare Punjabi بَرْبَاد (barbād), Bengali বরবাদ (borbad).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bəɾ.bɑːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɑːd̪

Adjective

بَرْبَاد • (barbād) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling बरबाद or बर्बाद)

1. ruined
2. destroyed

References

• “برباد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “برباد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu برباد (barbād).

Adjective

برباد (barbād)

1. ruined, destroyed

Verb

برباد (barbād)

1. to be lost