Molotov Cocktail in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “molotov Cocktail” in Hindi is बोतल में पेट्रोल भर कर बनाया विस्फोटक, pronounced botal men peTrol bhar kar banaya visphoTak — 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 crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick
Calque of Finnish Molotovin koktaili. Coined in Finland during the Winter War of 1939–40 between Finland and the Soviet Union, and named after then-Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), who claimed the bombs the Soviet Union dropped on Finland were airborne humanitarian food deliveries prompting Finns to say their firebombs were Molotov cocktails (drinks to go with his food deliveries).
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