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Hindi
Etymology
From बचना, बचाना (bacnā, bacānā, “to be saved; to save”) + -आव (-āv).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /bə.t͡ʃɑːʋ/,
Noun
बचाव • (bacāv) m
- safety, keeping safe; protection
- Synonyms: रक्षा (rakṣā), संरक्षण (sanrakṣaṇ), हिफ़ाज़त (hifāzat)
- escape, evasion (of an accident); rescue
मुझे हादसे से उसके बचाव की ख़बर अभी मिली।- mujhe hādse se uske bacāv kī xabar abhī milī.
- I just got to know of his rescue from the accident.
- defence (UK), defense (US)
- saving (of money)
- Synonym: बचत (bacat)
- reserve, reticence
Declension
Declension of बचाव (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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बचाव
bacāv
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बचाव
bacāv
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| oblique
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बचाव
bacāv
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बचावों
bacāvõ
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| vocative
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बचाव
bacāv
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बचावो
bacāvo
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References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बचाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बचाव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “बचाव”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House