bacha
English edit
Noun edit
bacha (plural bachas)
- A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
Alternative forms edit
Anagrams edit
Iban edit
Etymology edit
From Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bacha
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Frankish *baki (“brook”).
Noun edit
bacha f (genitive bachae); first declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- 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