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

Noun

بَچَّہ • (bacca) m (feminine بَچی (bacī), Hindi spelling बच्चा)

  1. kid
  2. child, boy (of any creature)
  3. young (of an animal)
  4. (figuratively) the result, creation
  5. a sapling, young plant

Declension
Declension of بچہ
singular plural
direct بَچّہ (baccah) بَچّے (bacce)
oblique بَچّے (bacce) بَچّوں (baccõ)
vocative بَچّے (bacce) بَچّو (bacco)

Adjective

بَچَّہ • (bacca) (feminine بچی, Hindi spelling बच्चा)

  1. (figuratively, belittling) stupid; kid
  2. (figuratively, belittling) unaware, inexperienced

Further reading
  • “بچہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “بچہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بچہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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