name
Bahodir
bah-hoh-DEER
bɑhɔˈdiːrListen
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Syllable breakdown
Bahodir
Sounds like
bah-hoh-DEER
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Tajik/Uzbek (Tajikistan/Uzbekistan) — from Persian bahādur (brave warrior, hero); widely used across Central Asia in Tajik, Uzbek, and Kazakh communities; also in Mongolian as Baatar
- Meaning
- brave; heroic; warrior; valiant
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Bahadur (South Asian form), Baatar (Mongolian)
Common mispronunciations
BAH-hoh-dirbah-HOH-dir with short final vowel
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; stress the third. The 'dir' ending has a long 'ee' sound. The same root gives 'Bahadur' in South Asia and the title 'Bahadur Shah' of the last Mughal emperor.
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