बदबूदार
badbudaar
The English word "smelly" is translated into Hindi as बदबूदार (badbudaar).
बदबूदार is an adjective used to describe something that has a bad smell.
Meaning: having a bad smell (adj)
What does it mean word for word?
The word बदबूदार is built from बदबू, meaning "bad smell" and the suffix -daar, meaning "possessing" or "having".
How does it change in a sentence?
As an adjective, बदबूदार does not change its form to agree with masculine or feminine nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
badbudaar
Did you know?
- In casual Hindi, instead of using the adjective बदबूदार, a person might simply say बदबू आ रही है (badbu aa rahi hai), which literally translates to 'bad smell is coming'.
- The word बदबू is a compound of the Persian bad meaning 'bad' and the Hindi बू meaning 'smell'.
- The term for 'smell' in Hindi can be split into 'good smell' सुगंध (sugandh) and 'bad smell' दुर्गंध (durgandh), using the Sanskrit prefix 'dur' for bad.
Examples in context
- यह फल बदबूदार है।This fruit is smelly.
- यह कमरा बदबूदार है।This room is smelly.
- बहुत दुर्गंध हो रही है।There's a strong smell.
- यह कमरा बहुत बदबूदार है।This room is very smelly.
- यह मछली बहुत बदबूदार है।Yeh machhlee bahut badboodaar hai.This fish is very smelly.
- पुराने मोज़े बहुत बदबूदार होते हैं।Puraane mozay bahut badboodaar hote hain.Old socks are very smelly.
Example conversation
Priya and Rahul are in the kitchen looking at some old food.
- प्रिया Priyaराहुल, देखो यह पनीर बदबूदार है।Rahul, dekho yeh paneer badboodaar hai.Rahul, look, this cheese is smelly.
- राहुल Rahulक्या यह खराब हो गया है?Kya yeh kharaab ho gaya hai?Has it gone bad?
- प्रिया Priyaहाँ, इसे तुरंत फेंक दो।Haan, ise turant phenk do.Yes, throw it away immediately.
- राहुल Rahulठीक है, मैं अभी फेंक देता हूँ।Theek hai, main abhi phenk deta hoon.Okay, I will throw it away now.
