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Persian
Etymology
The archaic negative optative of بودن (budan).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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ma bāḏā
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| Dari reading?
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mabādā
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| Iranian reading?
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mabâdâ
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| Tajik reading?
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mabodo
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Conjunction
مبادا • (mabâdâ)
- lest, so that... not
c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 3”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]:بمیرند و برون ندهند مشتاقان دم حسرت
کله ناگه مبادا کج شود آن سرو بالا را- bimīrand u birōn na-dahand muštāqān dam-i hasrat
kulah nāgah mabādā kaj šawad ān sarw-i bālā rā - They shall die, but the lovers do not let out even a sigh of regret,
Lest the hat suddenly become crooked on that lofty cypress .
- beware; do not; be careful