بهادر

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Middle Mongol ᠪᠠᠭ᠋ᠠᠲᠤᠷ (baɣatur, “Baghatur”) and Turkish Batur. Some authors claim Iranian origin of the word, the first syllable is very likely the Iranian title word *bag "god, lord".

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.ɦɑː.d̪ʊ́ɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [bɑːɑː.d̪ʊ́ɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [bɔːɔː.d̪úɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? bahāḏur
Dari reading? bahādur
Iranian reading? bahâdor
Tajik reading? bahodur

Noun

بهادر • (bahâdor) (plural بهادران (bahâdorân))

  1. paladin, champion

Proper noun

بهادر • (bahâdor)

  1. a male given name

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: bahadır
  • → Bashkir: баһадир (bahadir)
  • → Bengali: বাহাদুর (bahadur)
  • → Gujarati: બહાદુર (bahādur)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: बहादुर (bahādur)
    Urdu: بَہَادُر (bahādur)
  • → Malay: bahadur
  • → Marathi: बहाद्दर (bahāddar)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਾਦਰ (bahādar)
    Shahmukhi script: بہادَر (bhādar)
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