bacha

See also: Bacha, bâcha, and Bắc Hà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بچه.

Noun

bacha (plural bachas)

1. A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.

Alternative forms

• batcha

Related terms

• bacha bazi

Anagrams

• Achab

Iban

Etymology

From Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.t͡ʃa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧cha

Verb

bacha

1. read

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *baki (“brook”).

Noun

bacha f (genitive bachae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) stream, brook

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	bacha	bachae
genitive	bachae	bachārum
dative	bachae	bachīs
accusative	bacham	bachās
ablative	bachā	bachīs
vocative	bacha	bachae

References

• bacha in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “bacha”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “bacha”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat͡ʃa/ [ˈba.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -atʃa
• Syllabification: ba‧cha

Noun

bacha f (plural bachas)

1. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) sink

   Synonym: lavadero

Further reading

• “bacha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “bacha”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010