bacha
See also: Bacha and bâcha
English
Alternative forms
- batcha
Noun
bacha (plural bachas)
- A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
Anagrams
- Achab
Iban
Etymology
From Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.t͡ʃa/
- Hyphenation: ba‧cha
Verb
bacha
- read
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *baki (“brook”).
Noun
bacha f (genitive bachae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) stream, brook
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | 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, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “bacha”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 76