| Kurdish | bad | bad, evil |
| Iran | bad | bad |
| Engl. | bad | not good; having an evil character (OE baeddel, baedling "womanish man" are derived from bad) |
| Engl. | bedlam | (arch.) an insane asylum; a scene of wild uproar (the etymology "from Bethleem" offers no explanation) |
| Engl. | budzat | evil fellow |
| Engl. | budmash | worthless fellow |
| Gael.I. | beudach | evil |
| Arabic | badi` | dirty |
| Arabic | bàdia | desert: barren, bad |
| Gallego | bedro | waste land |
| Arabic | badawin | Bedouin, inhabitant of the desert (considered boorish, little appreciated by the Arabs). Perhaps borrowed from French; the root b-d is mostly I-E |
| Franç. | bédouin | (from French) Bedouin; sense originally wider (see below) |
| Franç.: NE | bédouin | surnom donné aux partisans du roi de Prusse (peu appréciés) |
| Ital.: Abruz. | bbëdujimë | personna razza, selvatica, cattiva (Giammarco) |
| Franç.: VS | bedjui | les habitants du village de montagne d'Isérables, considérés par les gens de la plaine comme des personnes peu raffinées |
| Alb. | bedevë | Bedouin |
| Franç.: Lim. | badef | ugly, dirty, FEW 23: 190 |
| Franç.: NE | bedrognure | very bad meat, carrion |
| Franç. | badaud | foolish, clot; more recently "gawper" |
| Franç. | bedier | ignorant |
| Franç.: VD | bedan | clot; clumsy |
| Franç.: VD | bedâ | to miss |
| Ital. | sbadéto | negligence |
| Lettish | bèd | worry |
| Czech | bída | misfortune |
| Czech | bêda | alas!, woe! |
| Alb. | beditem (I) | I bother him |
| Engl. | bother | to annoy, pester ("origin obscure") |