कच्चा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• काँचा (kā̃cā) — dialectal or rare

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *kac-der.?

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *कच्च (kacca)

Hindi कच्चा

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *कच्च (kacca, “raw, unripe”) without cluster simplification. Displaced Hindi काँचा (kā̃cā). Compare Sanskrit काषण (kāṣaṇa, “unripe”). Cognate with Punjabi ਕੱਚਾ (kaccā), Bengali কাঁচা (kãca).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kət̪.t͡ʃɑː/, [kɐt̚.t͡ʃäː]
• Rhymes: -ət͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑː

Adjective

कच्चा • (kaccā) (Urdu spelling کچا)

1. raw; uncooked
2. unripe

   Synonyms: हरा (harā), अख़्ज़र (axzar), सब्ज़ (sabz)

3. unready
   • The Bible, Ezekiel 2:6:

     यद्यपि वे बलवई घराने के हैं, तौभी न तो उनके वचनों से डरना, और न उनके मुंह देख कर तेरा मन कच्चा हो

     yadyapi ve balvaī gharāne ke ha͠i, taubhī na to unke vacnõ se ḍarnā, aur na unke mũh dekh kar terā man kaccā ho

     Even if they are of powerful descent you shall nevertheless not fear them, neither shall you be frail (lit. ‘your mind be unready’) when you see their faces

4. crude
5. rough

Declension

Declension of कच्चा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	कच्चा kaccā	कच्चे kacce	कच्ची kaccī	कच्ची kaccī
oblique	कच्चे kacce	कच्चे kacce	कच्ची kaccī	कच्ची kaccī
vocative	कच्चे kacce	कच्चे kacce	कच्ची kaccī	कच्ची kaccī

Further reading

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “कच्चा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]