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Bahadur Surname Meaning

Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Nepali: Kayastha name (in the Mathur subgroup) from a Hindi and Bengali variant of the historical Turco-Mongolian honorific title baghatur (based on Old Persian baga in the sense ‘lord’)

interpreted as ‘hero’ or ‘brave’ and also used as a personal name.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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