Boatswain in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “boatswain” in Hindi is जहाज़ के झण्डों आदि की देखभाल करनेवाला अधिकारी, pronounced jahaJ ke jhaNDon Adi ki dekhabhal karanevala adhikari — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen
From Middle English botswain, botswein, bote-swayn, from late Old English bātsweġen, from bāt (“boat”) + sweġen (“swain”), the latter element a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn (“boy”); equivalent to boat + swain (“boy, servant”).
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