بچہ
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See also: بچه
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian بچه (bačča), from Middle Persian wck' (waččag, “child, baby, cub”), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“calf”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bət̪.t͡ʃɑ(ː)/
Noun
بَچَّہ • (bacca) m (feminine بَچی (bacī), Hindi spelling बच्चा)
- kid
- child, boy (of any creature)
- young (of an animal)
- (figuratively) the result, creation
- a sapling, young plant
Declension
| Declension of بچہ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | بَچّہ (baccah) | بَچّے (bacce) |
| oblique | بَچّے (bacce) | بَچّوں (baccõ) |
| vocative | بَچّے (bacce) | بَچّو (bacco) |
Adjective
بَچَّہ • (bacca) (feminine بچی, Hindi spelling बच्चा)
- (figuratively, belittling) stupid; kid
- (figuratively, belittling) unaware, inexperienced
Further reading
- “بچہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بچہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بچہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.