रख-रखाव

Hindi

Etymology

Reduplication of रखना (rakhnā, “to keep, care”) + -आव (-āv, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɾəkʰ.ɾə.kʰɑːʋ/, [ɾɐkʰ.ɾɐ.kʰäːʋ]

Noun

रख-रखाव • (rakh-rakhāv) m (Urdu spelling رکھ رکھاؤ)

1. maintenance, service, repair

   Synonym: संभाल (sambhāl)

Declension

Declension of रख-रखाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रख-रखाव rakh-rakhāv	रख-रखाव rakh-rakhāv
oblique	रख-रखाव rakh-rakhāv	रख-रखावों rakh-rakhāvõ
vocative	रख-रखाव rakh-rakhāv	रख-रखावो rakh-rakhāvo

Derived terms

• रख-रखाव करना (rakh-rakhāv karnā)

References

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