बौछाड़

Hindi

Alternative forms

बौछार (bauchār) (more common)

Etymology

Originally a compound, with the first part inherited from Sanskrit वायु (vāyu) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bɔː.t͡ʃʰɑːɽ/, [bɔː.t͡ʃʰäːɽ]

Noun

बौछाड़ • (bauchāṛ) f (Urdu spelling بوچھاڑ)

a shower or burst of water or rain
बौछाड़ करना ― bauchāṛ karnā ― to shower, pelt down, spray

Declension

Declension of बौछाड़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बौछाड़ bauchāṛ	बौछाड़ें bauchāṛẽ
oblique	बौछाड़ bauchāṛ	बौछाड़ों bauchāṛõ
vocative	बौछाड़ bauchāṛ	बौछाड़ो bauchāṛo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “bauchāṛ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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