بدان — English and Urdu Meaning, Phonetics and Definition
بدان (بدان) is a Pashto unknown meaning “bad people, destructive work” in English. Documented in the Open Pashto Lexicon with dual Kandahari and Peshawari phonetic standards.
Meanings1
ماناوې او تعریفونهProverbs (Mataloona)2 unique
ولسي متلونه«بَدان تَل وَدان»
“The wicked are always prosperous.”
برے لوگ ہمیشہ آسودہ اور خوشحال رہتے ہیں۔
«د بدانو مخ تور ښۀ ايسى ـ»
“Evil-doers look best with a blackened face.”
بُرے بدنام ہی اچھے ۔
Grammar — Word forms
د کلمې ګردان او بڼېExamples from corpora2
قاموسي او ادبي شواهدAttested real-world sentences grouped by source. Headwords highlighted in context.
بَدان تَل وَدان
“The wicked are always prosperous. — Examines the bitter philosophical irony that corrupt or harmful people often seem to live comfortably without immediate consequences.”
برے لوگ ہمیشہ آسودہ اور خوشحال رہتے ہیں۔
د بدانو مخ تور ښۀ ايسى ـ
“Evil-doers look best with a blackened face. — Reflects the cultural stance that those who commit wrongdoings naturally face disgrace and public exposure.”
بُرے بدنام ہی اچھے ۔
د کلمې اصل او ریښه(Word Origin & Etymology)کتل ▼
پښتوبدان
Lexicographical Profile & Dialect Notes
علمي او ژبني معلوماتGrammar & Morphological Classification
The headword بدان (بدان) functions as a unknown in standard Pashto lexicography. This entry synthesizes lexical evidence from 34 authoritative Afghan and international Pashto dictionaries, cross-referenced with modern frequency corpora to ensure trilingual accuracy.
Phonological & Dialectal Realization
Pronunciation diverges between the Southwestern (Kandahari) dialect and the Northeastern (Peshawari/Kabuled) standard. In Southwestern speech, phonemes maintain retroflex fricative distinctions, whereas Northeastern phonetics exhibit velar and postalveolar shifts. All acoustic transcriptions conform to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) standards adopted by the Pashto Academy.