बहाद्दर

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهادر (bahādur). Compare Gujarati બહાદુર (bahādur), Hindi बहादुर (bahādur), Punjabi ਬਹਾਦਰ (bahādar) / بہادَر (bhādar), Bengali বাহাদুর (bahadur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bə.ɦad̪.d̪əɾ/, [bʱad̪.d̪əɾ]

Adjective

बहाद्दर • (bahāddar)

1. brave

Derived terms

• बहादुरी (bahādurī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “बहाद्दर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बहादर,_बहादूर,_बहाद्दर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “बहाद(दु-द्द)र”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).