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Definition of bodoh in English:

bodoh

adjective

informal South East Asian

  • (in Singapore and Malaysian English) stupid or foolish.

    • ‘you don't know how bodoh you are’
    • ‘what a bodoh name he chose’

Pronunciation

bodoh

/ˈbōˌdō/ /ˈboʊˌdoʊ/

noun

informal South East Asian

  • (in Singapore and Malaysian English) a stupid or foolish person.

    • ‘he shouted for us to keep quiet and not to be bodohs’

Pronunciation

bodoh

/ˈbōˌdō/ /ˈboʊˌdoʊ/

Origin

Malay.