بدھ

Urdu

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bʊd̪ʱ/
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Etymology 1

Shortened from بدھوار (budhvār), from Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra).

Proper noun

بُدھ • (budhm (Hindi spelling बुध)

  1. Wednesday

See also

Days of the week in Urdu · ہَفْتے کے دِن (hafte ke din) (layout · text)
پِیر (pīr), سومْوَار (somvār) مَن٘گَل (maṅgal) بُدھ (budh) جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt) جُمْعَہ (jum'a) سَنِیچَر (sanīcar), ہَفْتَہ (hafta), شَنْبَہ (śanba) اِتْوَار (itvār)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha). Doublet of بت (but).

Noun

بدھ • (buddhm (Hindi spelling बुद्ध)

  1. Buddha
Derived terms

Further reading

  • بدھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • بدھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بدھ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.