बलिदान
Hindi
FWOTD – 3 June 2018
Etymology
From Sanskrit बलिदान (balidāna), equivalent to बलि (bali, “offering”) + दान (dān, “giving”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bə.lɪ.d̪ɑːn/
Noun
बलिदान • (balidān) m (Urdu spelling بلدان)
- sacrifice
- c. 1940, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Jhansi ki Rani
- जाओ रानी याद रखेंगे हम कृतज्ञ भारतवासी,
तेरा यह बलिदान जगावेगा स्वतंत्रता अविनासी,
होवे चुप इतिहास, लगे सच्चाई को चाहे फाँसी,
हो मदमाती विजय, मिटा दे गोलों से चाहे झाँसी।- jāo rānī yād rakheṅge ham kŕtagy bhāratvāsī,
terā yah balidān jagāvegā svatantratā avināsī,
hove cup itihās, lage saccāī ko cāhe phā̃sī,
ho madmātī vijay, miṭā de golõ se cāhe jhā̃sī. - Go forth, queen, we grateful Indians will remember,
your sacrifice will awaken the indestructible soul of freedom,
whether history is silent, whether the truth is executed by hanging
whether there be a drunken victory [for the British], and cannonballs rain on Jhansi,
- jāo rānī yād rakheṅge ham kŕtagy bhāratvāsī,
- नायक ने देश के लिए जीवन बलिदान किया।
- nāyak ne deś ke lie jīvan balidān kiyā.
- The hero sacrificed his life for his country.
- वह विज्ञान की वेदी पर बलिदान हो गया।
- vah vigyān kī vedī par balidān ho gayā.
- He was sacrificed at the altar of science.
- Synonym: क़ुरबानी (qurbānī)
Declension
Declension of बलिदान | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | बलिदान (balidān) | बलिदान (balidān) |
Oblique | बलिदान (balidān) | बलिदानों (balidānõ) |
Vocative | बलिदान (balidān) | बलिदानो (balidāno) |
Derived terms
- बलिदान करना (balidān karnā)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “बलिदान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
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