buddatun bud~apN بُدَّةٌ Bookmark Bookmarked Share 1.: see بُدٌّ.2. -A2- Also A distance; a space; an interval; an extent, or an extreme extent; a long space, or any space, of time. (M, K, * TA.) So in the saying, بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَكَ بُدَّةٌ [Between me and thee is a distance, &c.]. (M, TA.)