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bahawder

bahawder is the obsolete form of bahadur.

Meaning of bahadur

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.

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Forms of bahawder

pluralbahawders

Questions about bahawder

What is bahawder the obsolete form of?
Bahawder is the obsolete form of bahadur.

Words near bahawder in the dictionary

  1. bahaudur
  2. bahaudurs
  3. Bahaullah
  4. Bahawalnagar
  5. Bahawalpur
  6. bahawder
  7. bahawders
  8. Bahay
  9. Bahay Toro
  10. Bahazhoni
  11. Bahaʼi Faith

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bahawder (page history and authors); bahadur (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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