Cannon fodder in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
📖 Meaning of “cannon fodder”
The meaning of “cannon fodder” in Hindi is युद्ध बलि, pronounced yuddh bali — 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.
🔠 All meanings in Hindi
yuddh bali (noun)
युद्ध बलि
(noun)
युद्ध
बलि
📘 Definition of cannon fodder
soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire
✍️ Cannon fodder in a sentence
Soviet communism is trying to make these nations into colonies, and to use their people as cannon fodder in new wars of conquest.
सैनिकों को उनके कमांडरों की दृष्टि में केवल युद्ध बलि के रूप में देखा गया।
🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)
Mid-19th century, from cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”), a calque of German Kanonenfutter, itself possibly a calque of English food for powder. See the German for more.
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Word (English)
Cannon fodder
Meaning in Hindi
युद्ध बलि
Pronunciation
yuddh bali
Part of speech
Noun
Category
Word Origin (Etymology)
Mid-19th century, from cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”), a calque of German Kanonenfutter, itself possibly a calque of English food for powder. See the German for more.
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The Hindi meaning of "cannon fodder" is युद्ध बलि (yuddh bali).
In Devanagari script it is written as युद्ध बलि.
It is pronounced "yuddh bali". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.