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बाल-बाल बचाना

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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 bə.t͡ʃɑː.nɑː/, [bäːl.bäːl‿bɐ.t͡ʃäː.näː]

Verb

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बाल-बाल बचाना (bāl-bāl bacānā) (transitive)

  1. (idiomatic) “to rescue by a hair's breadth”; to save by a narrow margin
    • 2001, “देववैद्य अश्विनीकुमार [devvaidya aśvinīkumār]”, in कल्याण [kalyāṇ], आरोग्य-अङ्क [ārogya-aṅk] edition, Gorakhpur: Gita Press, page 40:
      दुर्दान्त असुरोंने रेभ नामक ऋषिके हाथ-पैर बाँधकर उन्हें जल में डुबा दिया था। अश्विनीकुमारोंने उनको बाल-बाल बचा लिया
      durdānt asurõne rebh nāmak ŕṣike hāth-pair bāndhkar unhẽ jal mẽ ḍubā diyā thā. aśvinīkumārõne unko bāl-bāl bacā liyā.
      The indomitable Asuras had tied up the hands and legs of the rishi named Rebha and sunk him underwater. The Ashvini Kumaras saved him by a narrow margin.

Conjugation

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