बचाव

Hindi

Etymology

From बचना, बचाना (bacnā, bacānā, “to be saved; to save”) +‎ -आव (-āv).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bə.t͡ʃɑːʋ/, [bɐ.t͡ʃäːʋ]

Noun

बचाव • (bacāv) m

1. safety, keeping safe; protection

   Synonyms: रक्षा (rakṣā), संरक्षण (sanrakṣaṇ), हिफ़ाज़त (hifāzat)

2. 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.

3. defence (UK), defense (US)
4. saving (of money)

   Synonym: बचत (bacat)

5. reserve, reticence

Declension

Declension of बचाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बचाव bacāv	बचाव bacāv
oblique	बचाव bacāv	बचावों bacāvõ
vocative	बचाव bacāv	बचावो bacāvo

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