budmash

noun

bud·​mash

ˈbədˌmäsh

plural -es

India

: a bad character : a worthless person

Word History

Etymology

Persian badmaʽāsh immoral, from bad bad (from Middle Persian vat) + maʽāsh living, life, from Arabic

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