بو دار

Urdu

Alternative forms

• بودار (būdār)

Etymology

From Classical Persian بو دار (bō-dār, “odorous”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /buː.d̪ɑːɾ/, /boː.d̪ɑːɾ/

Noun

بو دار • (bū-dār or bo-dār) ?

1. scented, aromatic; giving off a (either good or bad) smell or odor

   ہم بو دار باغ میں چلے گئے

   ham bū-dār gulšan mẽ cale ge

   we walked into a scented garden

   اس کا کمرہ بہت بو دار تھا۔

   us kī kamra bhot bū-dār thī

   her room was very smelly

Related terms

• خوشبودار (xušbūdār)
• بد بودار (bad-būdār)

References

• “دار بو دار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دار&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact بو دار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “بو دار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “دار بو دار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.