کمبخت
See also: کمبخت
Urdu
Alternative forms
- کَم بَخْت (kam baxt)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کمبخت (kam-baxt). By surface analysis, کم + بخت. Compare Punjabi ਕੰਬਖ਼ਤ (kambxat) / کَمبَخت (kambaxt), Gujarati કમબખ્ત (kambakht).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəm.bəxt̪/
Adjective
کمبخت • (kambaxt) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कमबख़्त)
- unfortunate, unlucky, miserable
- Synonym: بَدْنَصِیب (badnasīb)
- (informal, mildly derogatory) cursed, damned, wretched
- کِدھَر سے چُونَا یِہ کَمْبَخْت جُمْلَہ؟
- kidhar se cūnā ye kambaxt jumla?
- From where did you pick up this wretched sentence?
Derived terms
- کَمْبَخْتِی (kambaxtī)
Noun
کمبخت • (kambaxt) m or f by sense (Hindi spelling कमबख़्त)
- an unfortunate person
- Synonym: بَدْنَصِیب (badnasīb)
- (informal, mildly derogatory) a wretched person or object
- کَون کَمْبَخْت کُرْتے کے سَاتھ دھوتِی پَہَنتا ہَے؟
- kaun kambaxt kurte ke sāth dhotī pahantā hai?
- Who the hell wears a dhoti with a kurta?
- (literally, “What wretched person wears a dhoti with a kurta?”)
- لوڈ نَہِیں ہو رَہا کَمْبَخْت۔
- loḍ nahī̃ ho rahā kambaxt.
- The damn thing isn't loading.
Related terms
- بَخْت (baxt, “luck, fortune”)
- بَخْتَاوَر (baxtāvar, “lucky, prosperous”)
- خُوشْبَخْت (xuśbaxt, “lucky, fortunate”)
- بَدْبَخْت (badbaxt, “unlucky, cursed, inauspicious”)
- سِکَنْدَر بَخْت (sikandar baxt, “prosperous”)
References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“کمبخت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026. - “کمبخت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.