बाद bād

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

بعد · ar · adv.

Earlier definition

Definition

After, later, subsequently.

Usual translation

after

Origin of the definition

बाद bāda ba:d (nm) see वाद (ind) after, later, subsequently; (adj) subtracted, deducted; (nf) air, wind; a suffix used imperatively to mean let it be, be it so, may it be, may it continue to be' etc. e.g. ज़िंदाबाद, मुर्दाबाद; -बाक़ी cash in hand; -करना/देना to deduct, to subtract; -का later; subsequent; -में later, subsequently.

A بعد baʻd, adv. & postp. After, subsequent (to, -ke); afterwards, subsequently.