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bahadur

bahadur noun: a warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.

Noun

bahadur (plural bahadurs)

  1. (originally) A warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.
  2. (India, historical) 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Bahadur

Bahadur (plural Bahadurs)

  1. A surname from Hindi.

bahadur meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Persian

bahadur in Hindi

historical title given in India
बहादुर bahādur

bahadur in Urdu

historical title given in India
بہادر bahādur

bahadur in Bengali

bahadur
বাহাদুর bahadur

bahadur in Persian

historical title given in India
بهادر bahādur

Forms of bahadur

Noun
pluralbahadurs
alternative form (obsolete)bahawder
alternative form (obsolete)bahaudur
Proper noun
pluralBahadurs

Origin of bahadur

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

Borrowed from Hindi बहादुर (bahādur, “brave, valiant”).

Phrases with bahadur

Questions about bahadur

What does bahadur mean?
Bahadur means a warrior, especially a Turko-Mongol.
What is bahadur in Hindi?
Bahadur in Hindi is बहादुर (bahādur). See Bahadur meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bahadur?
Bahadur can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bahadur?
The plural of bahadur is bahadurs.

Words near bahadur in the dictionary

  1. Baha'ites
  2. Baha'u'llah
  3. Baha'ullah
  4. bahada
  5. bahadas
  6. bahadur
  7. bahadurs
  8. bahaha
  9. Bahai
  10. Bahai Faith
  11. Bahais

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bahadur (page history and authors); Bahadur (page history and authors); বাহাদুর (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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