بیهوده

Persian

Alternative forms

بیهده (bihode)

Etymology

From (bē / bi, “-less, without”) +‎ (hūda / hude, “benefit, use”, from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwdʾk' /⁠hudāg⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬜𐬃𐬢𐬵 (huδā̊ŋh)).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /beː.huː.ˈda/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [beː.ɦuː.d̪á]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [beː.juː.d̪á]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [buu.d̪á]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [biː.ɦuː.d̪é]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɦu.d̪á]

Readings
Classical reading^?	bēhūda
Dari reading^?	bēhūda
Iranian reading^?	bihude
Tajik reading^?	behuda

Adjective

بیهوده • (bēhūda / bihude) (comparative بیهوده‌تَر, superlative بیهوده‌تَرین, Tajik spelling беҳуда)

ineffective, useless, futile, pointless, trivial
Synonym: بیخودی (bēxudī / bixodi)

Derived terms

بیهوده‌گو (bihude-gu)
بیهودگی (bihudegi)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: bihudə
→ Armenian: բեհուդա (behuda)
→ Bengali: বেহুদা (behuda)
→ Turkish: beyhude