बच्चा

See also: बच्ची

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča), from Proto-Iranian *wacáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos + *-ós. Doublet of बछड़ा (bachṛā, “calf, child, boy”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bət̪.t͡ʃɑː/, [bɐt̚.t͡ʃäː]

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• Hyphenation: बच्चा
• Rhymes: -ət̪t͡ʃɑː

Noun

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

1. child

   Synonyms: बाल (bāl), लड़का (laṛkā)

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

   Hyponym: शिशु (śiśu, “baby”)

   यह तो एक बच्चा भी जानता है।

   yah to ek baccā bhī jāntā hai.

   Even a child knows this.

2. young (of an animal)

   Hypernyms: जानवर (jānvar), जंतु (jantu)

   हिरन के बच्चे घास में छिपते हैं।

   hiran ke bacce ghās mẽ chipte ha͠i.

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

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 (1989) “बच्चा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बच्चा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “बच्चा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Nepali

Alternative forms

• बच्चो (bacco)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बच्चा (baccā), from Classical Persian بَچَّه (bačča).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʌt̚t͡sä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बच्चा

Noun

बच्चा • (baccā)

1. child
2. baby, newborn

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “बच्चो”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 415