बचाव
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From बचना, बचाना (bacnā, bacānā, “to be saved; to save”) + -आव (-āv).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]बचाव • (bacāv) m
- safety, keeping safe; protection
- 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
[edit]Declension of बचाव (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- 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