bacha
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Persian بچه.
=== Noun ===
bacha (plural bachas)
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
read
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Frankish *baki (“brook”).
=== Noun ===
bacha f (genitive bachae); first declension
(Medieval Latin) stream, brook
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
=== 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 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbat͡ʃa/ [ˈba.t͡ʃa]
Rhymes: -atʃa
Syllabification: ba‧cha
=== Noun ===
bacha f (plural bachas)
(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