बदमाश

See also: बदमाशी

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Iranian *watah

Classical Persian بَد (bad)

Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša)

Arabic مَعَاش (maʕāš)bor.

Classical Persian مَعَاش (ma'āš)

Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš)bor.

Hindi बदमाश (badmāś)

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَدْمَعَاش (badma'āš), from بَد (bad) + مَعَاش (ma'āš).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bəd̪.mɑːʃ/, [bɐd̪.mäːʃ]

Adjective

बदमाश • (badmāś) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling بدمعاش)

1. evil, wicked
2. mischievous (of children)

Noun

बदमाश • (badmāś) m (Urdu spelling بدمعاش)

1. scoundrel, goon, criminal

   Synonyms: गुंडा (guṇḍā), दुष्ट (duṣṭ)

Declension

Declension of बदमाश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बदमाश badmāś	बदमाश badmāś
oblique	बदमाश badmāś	बदमाशों badmāśõ
vocative	बदमाश badmāś	बदमाशो badmāśo

Descendants

• → English: badmash