Dvandva compound of हाव (hāv, “gesture”) + भाव (bhāv, “expression, gesture”).
हाव-भाव • (hāv-bhāv) m pl
- gestures, mannerisms
उसके हाव-भाव मुझे ख़ूब संदिग्ध लगे।- uske hāv-bhāv mujhe xūb sandigdh lage.
- His mannerisms seemed very suspicious to me.
Declension of हाव-भाव (pl-only masc cons-stem)
