بہادر

Urdu

Etymology

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

Adjective

بَہَادُر • (bahādur) (Hindi spelling बहादुर)

1. brave

Derived terms

• بَہَادُرِی (bahādurī)

Noun

بَہَادُر • (bahādur) m (Hindi spelling बहादुर)

1. hero, champion

Declension

Declension of بہادر
	singular	plural
direct	بَہَادُر (bahādur)	بَہَادُر (bahādur)
oblique	بَہَادُر (bahādur)	بَہَادُروں (bahādurō̃)
vocative	بَہَادُر (bahādur)	بَہَادُرو (bahādurō)

Descendants

• → English: bahadur

References

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