بہادری

Urdu

Etymology

From بَہادُر (bahādur, “brave”) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦɑː.d̪ʊ.ɾiː/
• (Punjabic Urdu) IPA^(key): /bə.ɦɑː.d̪ə.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: بَ‧ہا‧دُ‧ری

Noun

بَہادُری • (bahādurī) f (Hindi spelling बहादुरी)

1. bravery, heroism

   Synonyms: شُجاعَت (śujā‘at), دَلیری (dalerī), جُرّات (jurrāt)

Declension

Declension of بہادری
	singular	plural
direct	بَہادُری (bahādurī)	بَہادُریاں (bahāduriyā̃)
oblique	بَہادُری (bahādurī)	بَہادُریوں (bahāduriyō̃)
vocative	بَہادُری (bahādurī)	بَہادُریو (bahāduriyō)

Further reading

• “بہادری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بہادری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بہادر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.