badmash

== English == === Alternative forms === badmaash, budmash === Etymology === Borrowed from Hindustani بدمعاش (badm'āś) / बदमाश (badmāś) and its source, Persian بدمعاش (badma'âš), from بد (bad, “bad, evil”) + معاش (ma'âš, “life, livelihood”), ultimately from Arabic عَاشَ (ʕāša, “to live”). Compare lowlife, which is a similar formation in English. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bʌdˈmɑːʃ/ Rhymes: -ɑːʃ === Noun === badmash (plural badmashes) (British Pakistani, South Asia, British India) A rogue, ruffian or miscreant. [from 19th c.] === Anagrams === madhabs