[1770–80; ‹ Hindi bahādur brave, brave person ‹ Pers, prob. ‹ Mongolian; cf. Classical Mongolian baγatur, with same sense ‹ Turkic, perh. orig. a Turkic personal name]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: advisory, charade, crescendo, embed, extra