bachaaye: save

Description of bachaaye: 'Bachaye' is the Urdu verb form meaning 'save' or 'protect,' often used causatively as 'saved' or 'protected' in pleas for divine safeguarding. Unlike 'bacha,' which denotes a child, it conveys rescue from peril. Differs from 'bachaana,' its infinitive, by indicating past or imperative action. In poetic qawwalis like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's, it evokes spiritual pleas: 'Allah bachaye'—God save us from enchanting gazes.