بچپن

Urdu

Etymology

From بچہ (bacca, “child”) +‎ ـپن (-pan, “-hood, -ness”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bət͡ʃ.pən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

بَچپَن • (bacpan) m (Hindi spelling बचपन)

1. childhood, infancy

   Synonym: بالپَن (bālpan)

   بَچْپَن کی یادیں ― bacpan kī yādẽ ― childhood memories

2. childishness, immaturity

   Synonym: بَچپَنا (bacpanā)

Declension

Declension of بچپن
	singular	plural
direct	بچپن (bacpan)	بچپن (bacpan)
oblique	بچپن (bacpan)	بچپنوں (bacpanõ)
vocative	بچپن (bacpan)	بچپنو (bacpano)

References

• “بچپن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بچپن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.