باد

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See also: پاد

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ي د (b-y-d)

Pronunciation

Verb

بَادَ (bāda) I, non-past يَبِيدُ‎ (yabīdu)

  1. to perish, to die, to become extinct
    Synonyms: فَنِيَ (faniya), هَلَكَ (halaka), زَهَقَ (zahaqa), زَالَ (zāla)
    Antonyms: بَقِيَ (baqiya), دَامَ (dāma)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:35:
      وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِ قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَٰذِهِ أَبَدًا
      wadaḵala jannatahu wahuwa ẓālimun llinafsihi qāla mā ʔaẓunnu ʔan tabīda hāḏihi ʔabadan
      And he entered his garden while he was unjust to himself. He said, "I do not think that this will perish - ever.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ب د و (b-d-w)

Derived from the active participle of بَدَا (badā, to appear).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بَادٍ (bādin) (informal بَادِي (bādī), feminine بَادِيَة (bādiya), masculine plural بَادُونَ (bādūna) or بُدَاة (budāh))

  1. apparent, evident, obvious, plain, visible
  2. inhabiting the desert
Declension

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian باد (bâd). Doublet of وو ().

Pronunciation

Noun

باد (bādm

  1. wind

Further reading

  • Raverty, H. G. (1867) “باد”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? bāḏ
Dari reading? bād
Iranian reading? bâd
Tajik reading? bod
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Etymology 1

From Middle Persian wād, from Proto-Iranian *HwáHatah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HwáHatas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (wind).

Noun

Dari باد
Iranian Persian
Tajik бод

باد (bâd)

  1. wind
    باد شرقbâd-e šarqeast wind
    باد تندbâd-e tondharsh wind
    سرو در باد ارتعاش داشت.
    sarv dar bâd erte'âš dâšt.
    The cypress trembled in the wind.
  2. air
    Synonym: هوا (havâ)
  3. (medicine) inflammation; swelling
  4. (medicine) windiness
  5. (colloquial) pride
    Synonym: غرور (ğorur)
    با باد و فیسbâd o fiswith pride and haughtiness
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: bad
  • Pashto: باد (bâd)
  • Urdu: باد (bād)

Etymology 2

Shortened form of بواد (bovâd), from Middle Persian (bawād), an old inherited subjunctive form.

Verb

باد (bâd)

  1. (poetic, literary) Third-person singular present subjunctive of بودن (budan), used in an optative sense
    شرم بر شما باد
    šarm bar šomâ bâd!
    Shame be upon you!
Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 496

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian باد (bād, wind; air).

Pronunciation

Noun

باد (bādf (Hindi spelling बाद)

  1. air
  2. wind; breeze; gale

Derived terms

References

  • باد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “باد”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John Thompson (1884) “باد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
  • باد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Ushojo

Etymology

From Pashto باد (bād).

Noun

باد (bād)

  1. wind
  2. smell