On the big side in Hindi — Meaning of बड़ा (baDDa)

📖 Meaning of “on the big side”

The meaning of “on the big side” in Hindi is बड़ा, pronounced baDDa — 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.

✍️ On the big side in a sentence

After that, there's an area on the big side where it intersects the long road.

वह बड़ा आदमी है।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás
Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha)
Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)?
Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa)
Hindi बड़ा
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), possibly from 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- + *-tós.
Compare to Punjabi ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), Assamese বৰ (bor), Sinhalese වඩා (waḍā, “more”), Sindhi وَڏو (vaḏo) / वॾो (vaḏo), Romani baro.

Quick facts about “on the big side”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)

On the big side

Meaning in Hindi

बड़ा

Pronunciation

baDDa

Part of speech

Noun

Category

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Word Origin (Etymology)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás
Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha)
Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)?
Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa)
Hindi बड़ा
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), possibly from 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- + *-tós.
Compare to Punjabi ਵੱਡਾ (vaḍḍā), Bengali বড় (boṛ), Marathi बडा (baḍā), Assamese বৰ (bor), Sinhalese වඩා (waḍā, “more”), Sindhi وَڏو (vaḏo) / वॾो (vaḏo), Romani baro.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "on the big side" is बड़ा (baDDa).

In Devanagari script it is written as बड़ा.

It is pronounced "baDDa". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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