بچہ

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See also: بچه

Punjabi

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wet-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *wétos
    Proto-Indo-European *-ós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás
    Proto-Iranian *wacáh
    Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča)bor.
    Punjabi بَچَّہ (baccah)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos + *-ós.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    بَچَّہ • (baccah) m (feminine بَچّی, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੱਚਾ)

    1. kid
    2. child, boy (of any creature)
    3. unborn child; fetus
    4. young (of an animal)
    5. (figuratively) the result, creation

    Declension

    Declension of بچہ
    dir. sg. بَچَّہ (baccah)
    dir. pl. بَچّے (bacce)
    singular plural
    direct بَچَّہ (baccah) بَچّے (bacce)
    oblique بَچّے (bacce) بَچّیاں
    vocative بَچّیا بَچّیوْ (baccīv)
    ablative بَچّیوْں (baccīvṉ) –
    locative بَچّے (bacce) بَچِّیْں (bacciīṉ)
    instrumental بَچّے (bacce) بَچِّیْں (bacciīṉ)

    Adjective

    بَچَّہ • (baccah) (feminine بچی, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੱਚਾ)

    1. (figuratively, belittling) stupid; kid
    2. (figuratively, belittling) unaware, inexperienced
    3. (figuratively, belittling) immature

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بچّہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بچہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
    • “ਬੱਚਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

    Urdu

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    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča), from Middle Persian wck' (waččag, “child, baby, cub”), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“calf”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      بَچَّہ • (bacca) m (feminine بَچی (bacī), Hindi spelling बच्चा)

      1. kid
      2. child, boy (of any creature)
      4. young (of an animal)
      5. (figuratively) the result, creation
      6. a sapling, young plant

      Declension

          Declension of بچہ
      singular plural
      direct بَچَّہ (baccah) بَچّے (bacce)
      oblique بَچّے (bacce) بَچّوں (baccõ)
      vocative بَچّے (bacce) بَچّو (bacco)

      Adjective

      بَچَّہ • (bacca) (feminine بچی, Hindi spelling बच्चा)

      1. (figuratively, belittling) stupid; kid
      2. (figuratively, belittling) unaware, inexperienced

      Declension

      Declension of بچہ
      masculine feminine
      singular plural singular plural
      direct بَچَہ (baccā) بَچَے (bacce) بَچَی (baccī) بَچَی (baccī)
      indirect بَچَے (bacce) بَچَے (bacce) بَچَی (baccī) بَچَی (baccī)

      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.
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