बरताव (bartaav)

noun A noun meaning 'behavior' or 'treatment' -- how one person acts toward or deals with another. Closely related in meaning to व्यवहार (vyavahaar).
Sense 1 : behavior, conduct, treatment (of someone)
noun, masculine Commonly appears in the frame X के साथ (अच्छा/बुरा) बरताव करना (X ke saath (achchhaa/buraa) bartaav karnaa, 'to treat X (well/badly)'), where बरताव pairs with करना as a light verb.
Synonyms: व्यवहार (vyavahaar), सलूक (salook)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will hear this word a lot in everyday complaints and moral advice -- a parent telling a child उससे अच्छा बरताव करो (usse achchhaa bartaav karo, 'behave well with him/her'), or someone describing how they were treated at a shop or office. It carries a slightly more everyday, spoken feel than the more formal-sounding व्यवहार (vyavahaar), though both are used constantly and interchangeably in speech.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use से (se) where के साथ (ke saath) is more natural: उसके साथ अच्छा बरताव करो (uske saath achchhaa bartaav karo, 'treat him/her well') is the common pattern, though से (se) is also heard. 2) बरताव is used with करना (karnaa), not the intransitive होना (honaa) sense that व्यवहार can sometimes take on its own as 'behavior exhibited' -- it needs an agent doing the treating.
Sample Sentences:
उससे अच्छा बरताव करो। Behave well with him.
(usse achchhaa bartaav karo।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
दुकानदार का बरताव बिल्कुल ठीक नहीं था। The shopkeeper's behavior was not right at all.
(dukaandaar kaa bartaav bilkul thiik nahiin thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
वह सबके साथ एक जैसा बरताव करता है। He treats everyone the same way.
(vah sabke saath ek jaisaa bartaav kartaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
ऑफिस में मेरे साथ जो बरताव हुआ, वह भूल नहीं पाऊँगी। I won't be able to forget the way I was treated at the office.
(ophis men mere saath jo bartaav huaa, vah bhool nahiin paaoongii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
काश उसका बरताव थोड़ा नरम होता। I wish his behavior were a bit gentler.
(kaash uskaa bartaav thodaa naram hotaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
अगर उसका बरताव ऐसा ही रहा तो कोई उससे बात नहीं करेगा। If his behavior stays like this, no one will talk to him.
(agar uskaa bartaav aisaa hii rahaa to koii usse baat nahiin karegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
बच्चों के साथ बरताव करते वक्त धैर्य रखना ज़रूरी है। It's important to be patient while dealing with children.
(bachchon ke saath bartaav karte vakt dhairy rakhnaa zaroorii hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
मैं चाहता हूँ कि तुम उससे इज़्ज़त से बरताव करो। I want you to treat him with respect.
(main chaahtaa hoon ki tum usse izzat se bartaav karo।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
पुलिस का बरताव देखकर लोग गुस्से में आ गए। Seeing the police's behavior, people got angry.
(pulis kaa bartaav dekhkar log gusse men aa gae।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
क्या तुम्हें लगता है कि उसका बरताव जानबूझकर ऐसा था? Do you think his behavior was deliberately like that?
(kyaa tumhen lagtaa hai ki uskaa bartaav jaanboojhkar aisaa thaa?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
ग्राहकों के साथ बरताव में सुधार लाने के लिए स्टाफ को प्रशिक्षण दिया गया। The staff was given training to improve their behavior towards customers.
(graahkon ke saath bartaav men sudhaar laane ke lie staaph ko prashikshan diyaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct): बरताव (bartaav)
(sg.m.oblique): बरताव (bartaav)
(pl.m.direct): बरताव (bartaav)
(pl.m.oblique): बरतावों (bartaavon)