बारूद

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بارود (bārūd), from Arabic بَارُود (bārūd).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɑː.ɾuːd̪/, [bäː.ɾuːd̪]

Noun

बारूद • (bārūd) f (Urdu spelling بارود)

  1. gunpowder
    Synonyms: गन पाउडर (gan pāuḍar), काला पाउडर (kālā pāuḍar)
    विस्फोटक बारूद बहुत ख़तरनाक है।
    visphoṭak bārūd bahut xatarnāk hai.
    Explosive gunpowder is very dangerous.
    आतंकवादी ने इमारत को बारूद से उड़ाया।
    ātaṅkvādī ne imārat ko bārūd se uṛāyā.
    A terrorist blew up the building with gunpowder.

Declension
Declension of बारूद (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct बारूद
bārūd		 बारूदें
bārūdẽ
oblique बारूद
bārūd		 बारूदों
bārūdõ
vocative बारूद
bārūd		 बारूदो
bārūdo

Derived terms
  • बारूदख़ाना (bārūdxānā, “gunpowder/ammunition storehouse”)
  • बारूदी (bārūdī, “of or pertaining to gunpowder”)

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बारूद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बारूद”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
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