बेवक़ूफ़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بیوقوف (bēwuqūf), from بی (bē-, “without”) + Arabic وُقُوف (wuqūf, “standing still; study, knowledge”). Compare Bengali বেকুব (bekub), Gujarati બેવકૂફ (bevakūph).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /beː.ʋə.quːf/, [beː.ʋɐ.quːf], /beː.ʋə.kuːpʰ/, [beː.ʋɐ.kuːpʰ]

Noun

बेवक़ूफ़ • (bevaqūf) m (Urdu spelling بیوقوف)

  1. (derogatory) an idiot, fool, dunce
  2. (derogatory) nincompoop

Declension
Declension of बेवक़ूफ़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बेवक़ूफ़
bevaqūf		 बेवक़ूफ़
bevaqūf
oblique बेवक़ूफ़
bevaqūf		 बेवक़ूफ़ों
bevaqūfõ
vocative बेवक़ूफ़
bevaqūf		 बेवक़ूफ़ो
bevaqūfo

Derived terms
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