бахча
Russian
Etymology
Via a Turkic source, borrowed from Persian باغچه (bâġče). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɐxˈt͡ɕa]
Audio: (file)
Noun
бахча́ • (baxčá) f inan (genitive бахчи́, nominative plural бахчи́, genitive plural бахче́й)
- a garden/field/plantation for watermelons, melons or pumpkins
Declension
Declension of бахча́ (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Pre-reform declension of бахча́ (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Derived terms
- бахчево́й (baxčevój)
Compound words:
- бахчево́д m anim (baxčevód)
- бахчево́дство n (baxčevódstvo)
Further reading
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “бахча”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- бахча in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru