بچہ

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): /bət͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑː/

Noun

بچہ • (bacca) m (feminine بچی‎, Hindi spelling बच्चा)

1. child, boy
2. young (of an animal)

Declension

Declension of بچہ
	singular	plural
direct	بچہ‎ (baccā)	بچے‎ (bacce)
oblique	بچے‎ (bacce)	بچوں‎ (baccõ)
vocative	بچے‎ (bacce)	بچو‎ (bacco)

References

• “بچہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بچہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.