बच्चा

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).

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

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• Hyphenation: बच्चा
• Rhymes: -ət͡ʃ.t͡ʃɑː

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.

• 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.

Borrowed from Classical Persian بچه (bačča).

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

बच्चा • (baccā)

1. child
2. baby, newborn