بچه
See also: بچہ
Khalaj
Adjective
بَچّه (bəççə)
Noun
بَچّه (bəççə) (definite accusative بَچّهݧ, plural بَچّه‌لَر)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | بچه | بچه‌لَر |
| genitive | بچهݧ | بچه‌لَریݧ |
| dative | بچه‌که | بچه‌لَرکه |
| definite accusative | بچهݧ | بچه‌لَری |
| locative | بچه‌چه | بچه‌لَرچه |
| ablative | بچه‌ده | بچه‌لَرده |
| instrumental | بچه‌له | بچه‌لَرله |
| equative | بچه‌وارا | بچه‌لَروارا |
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- پچه (peçe)
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian بچه (bače, “child, kid”).
Noun
بچه • (beçe, beççe)
- child, infant
- boy, lad, youth
- page, apprentice
- young of any animal
- Synonym: یاورو (yavru)
- issue or product of any thing
Derived terms
- بچهدار (beçedar, “pregnant”)
- بچهدان (beçedan, “uterus”)
Descendants
- Turkish: beççe
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “beççe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 519
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pullus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[1], Vienna, column 1404
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بچه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 714
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بچه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 342
Pashto
Noun
بچه • (bačá) m
Persian
Alternative forms
- گوچه (gōča) (dialectal, Sistan)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (wck' /waččag/, “child, baby, cub”),[1] from Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“calf”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ba.ˈt͡ʃa/, /bat.ˈt͡ʃa/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [bä.t͡ʃʰä], [bät.t͡ʃʰä]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bæ.t͡ʃʰe], [bæt.t͡ʃʰe]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [bä.t͡ʃʰä], [bät.t͡ʃʰä]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | bača, bačča |
| Dari reading? | bača, bačča |
| Iranian reading? | bača, bačče |
| Tajik reading? | bača, bačča |
- (Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan) IPA(key): /betʃe/
- (Mashhad) IPA(key): /betːʃe/
Audio (Iran): (file)
Noun
بَچه or بَچّه • (bače or bačče) (plural بچگان (bačegân), or بچه‌ها)
- child, kid
- (informal) native to
- بَچهِ اِصفَهانَم ― bačče-ye esfahân-am ― I'm native to Isfahan.
- (Dari) boy, son
- Synonym: پسر (pesar)
- (Dari, informal) bro
Usage notes
- In Dari, بچه (bačča) usually means "boy," not "child," with most Kabuli speakers using کودک (kōdak) for the sense of "child."
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | بچه (bačé) | بچه‌ها، بچه‌ا△ (bače-hấ, bačeấ△) |
| definitive direct object | بچه را، بچه رو△ (bačé râ, bačá ro△) | بچه‌ها را، بچه‌ا رو△ (bače-hấ râ, bačeấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | بچهٔ (bačé-ye) | بچه‌های، بچه‌ای△ (bače-hấ-ye, bačeấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
بچه‌ای (bačé-i) | بچه‌هایی، بچه‌ایی△ (bače-hấ-yi, bačeấ-yi△) |
△ Colloquial.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
بچه‌ام، بچم△ (bačé-am, bačám△) | بچه‌هایم، بچه‌هام△ (bače-hấyam, bačeấm△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
بچه‌ات، بچت△ (bačé-at, bačát△) | بچه‌هایت، بچه‌هات△ (bače-hấyat, bačeất△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
بچه‌اش، بچش△ (bačé-aš, bačáš△) | بچه‌هایش، بچه‌هاش△ (bače-hấyaš, bačeấš△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) |
بچه‌مان، بچه‌مون، بچمون△ (bačé-(y)emân, bačámun△) | بچه‌هایمان، بچه‌هامون△ (bače-hấyemân, bačeấmun△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) |
بچه‌تان، بچه‌تون، بچتون△ (bačé-(y)etân, bačátun△) | بچه‌هایتان، بچه‌هاتون△ (bače-hấyetân, bačeấtun△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) |
بچه‌شان، بچه‌شون، بچشون△ (bačé-(y)ešân, bačášun△) | بچه‌هایشان، بچه‌هاشون△ (bače-hấyešân, bačeấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Khalaj: bəççə
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “بچه”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بچه”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
References
- ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press