बाल-बाल बचना

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Hindi

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Hindi verb set
बाल-बाल बचना (bāl-bāl bacnā)
बाल-बाल बचाना (bāl-bāl bacānā)

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /bɑːl.bɑːl bət͡ʃ.nɑː/, [bäːl.bäːl‿bɐt͡ʃ.näː]

Verb

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बाल-बाल बचना (bāl-bāl bacnā) (intransitive)

  1. (idiomatic) “to escape by a hair's breadth”; to have a narrow escape
  2. (idiomatic) barely to succeed, to win by a small margin

Conjugation

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References

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  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “बाल”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 455.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بال”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 124