بہادر

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَهَادُر (bahādur). Compare Hindustani बहादुर / بَہادُر (bahādur), Gujarati બહાદુર (bahādur), Marathi बहाद्दर (bahāddar), Bengali বাহাদুর (bahadur), Turkish bahadır.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /bäː˥˩.d̪uːɾ/, (rare) /ˈbə.ɦäː.d̪uːɾ/, [bäː˥˩.ˈd̪uːɾ(ə̆)]
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ

Adjective

بَہادُر • (bahādur) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਹਾਦੁਰ or ਬਹਾਦਰ)

  1. brave

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهادر (bahādur). Compare Punjabi ਬਹਾਦਰ / بَہادُر (bahādur), Gujarati બહાદુર (bahādur), Marathi बहाद्दर (bahāddar), Bengali বাহাদুর (bahadur), Turkish bahadır.

Adjective

بَہَادُر • (bahādur) (Hindi spelling बहादुर)

  1. brave

Derived terms

Noun

بَہَادُر • (bahādurm (Hindi spelling बहादुर)

  1. hero, champion

Declension

Declension of بہادر
singular plural
direct بَہَادُر (bahādur) بَہَادُر (bahādur)
oblique بَہَادُر (bahādur) بَہَادُروں (bahādurõ)
vocative بَہَادُر (bahādur) بَہَادُرو (bahāduro)

Descendants

  • English: bahadur

References

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بہادر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.