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bahadur

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
ba-hadur
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.

noun

A Mughal honorific connoting martial courage and valor, suffixed to name or title, which it raises by half a degree. Commonly bestowed upon loyal princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors.

Indian usage

name

A surname from Hindi.

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindustani بہادر / बहादुर (bahādur, “brave, valiant”), from Classical Persian بهادر (bahādur). Doublet of bogatyr.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: بهادر, बहादुर

Usage

Inflected Forms

bahadurs (plural) bahawder (alternative, obsolete) bahaudur (alternative, obsolete)

Frequently Paired Words

bogatyr Ulaanbaatar

Questions

What does bahadur mean?
A warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.
Where does bahadur come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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