بد
Root: بد
2 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
بد badda u (budd) to distribute, spread, disperse II to divide, distribute, spread, scatter, disperse (هـ •.th.); to remove, eliminate (هـ s.th.); to waste, squander, fritter away, dissipate (هـ s.th.) V pass. of II; X to be independent, proceed independently (ب in, e.g., in one‘s opinion, i.e., to be opinionated, obstinate, head-strong); to possess alone monopolize (هـ s.th.); to take possession (هـ of s.o.), seize, grip, overwhelm, overcome (هـ s.o.; said of a feeling, of an impulse); to dispose arbitrarily, highhandedly (ب of s.th.); to rule despotically, tyrannically, autocratically (ب over)
Entry 2
بد budd way out, escape│ اذا لم يكن بد من ان (buddun) if it is inevitable that ... ; لا بد (budda) definitely, certainly, inevitably, without fail; by all means; لا بد من it is necessary, inescapable, unavoidable, inevitable, لا بد له منه he simply must do it, he can‘t get around it; من كل بد min kulli buddin in any case, at any rate
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