बच्चा

See also: बच्ची

Hindi

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. Doublet of बछड़ा (bachṛā, “calf, child, boy”), which is directly from Sanskrit वत्स (vatsá).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bət͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑː/, [bət̚.t͡ʃäː]

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• Hyphenation: बच्चा
• Rhymes: -ət͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑː

Noun

बच्चा • (baccā) m (feminine बच्ची, Urdu spelling بچہ‎)

1. child

   यह तो एक बच्चा भी जानता है।

   yah to ek baccā bhī jāntā hai.

   Even a child knows this.

   Synonyms: बाल (bāl), लड़का (laṛkā)

   Hypernyms: व्यक्ति (vyakti), मनुष्य (manuṣya), मानस (mānas)

   Hyponym: शिशु (śiśu, “baby”)

2. young (of an animal)

   हिरन के बच्चे घास में छिपते हैं।

   hiran ke bacce ghās mẽ chipte ha͠i.

   Fawns (the young of deer) hide in the grass.

   Hypernyms: जानवर (jānvar), जंतु (jantu)

Declension

Declension of बच्चा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बच्चा baccā	बच्चे bacce
oblique	बच्चे bacce	बच्चों baccõ
vocative	बच्चे bacce	बच्चो bacco

References

• Bahri, Hardev, “बच्चा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, 1989
• Platts, John Thompson, “बच्चा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: William H. Allen and Company, 1884.

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌt͡st͡sa/, [bʌt̚t͡sä]

Noun

बच्चा • (baccā)

1. child
2. baby, newborn