Definitions For Badmash

Noun

{{en-noun, es}} (South Asia) A rogue, ruffian or miscreant. from 19th c.

Alternative forms

budmash

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, ur, بدمعاش, tr=badmāš}}, {{bor, en, hi, बदमाश}}, and its source, {{etyl, fa, en}} بدمعاش, tr=badma'âš, from بد, tr=bad, , bad, evil + معاش, tr=ma'âš, , life, livelihood, ultimately from {{etyl, ar, en}} عَاشَ, , to live. Compare lowlife, which is a similar formation in English.

Anagrams

madhabs

Is Badmash a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
16

The word Badmash is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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