बचपन (bachpan)
noun
A single-sense noun meaning 'childhood', the period of life from infancy to early adolescence.
Sense
1
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childhood
noun, masculine
Synonyms: बालपन (baalpan, rare), लड़कपन (ladakpan, boyhood/childishness)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: बचपन (bachpan) is a warmly loaded word in Hindi -- phrases like मेरा बचपन (meraa bachpan, 'my childhood') or बचपन में (bachpan men, 'in childhood') come up constantly in conversation, songs, and nostalgia-tinged storytelling, much like 'childhood days' in English but used even more freely in everyday small talk with friends and family.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes try to pluralize it like a countable noun (bachpan does not take a plural in the ordinary sense -- it names a life-stage, not a countable object). 2) Don't confuse with लड़कपन (ladakpan), which can also mean 'childishness' or 'immature behavior' in an adult -- बचपन is neutral and simply names the time of life.
Sample Sentences:
मेरा बचपन दिल्ली में बीता।
My childhood passed in Delhi.
(meraa bachpan dillii men biitaa।)
बचपन में हम रोज़ छत पर पतंग उड़ाते थे।
In childhood, we used to fly kites on the roof every day.
(bachpan men ham roz chhat par patang udaate the।)
क्या तुम्हें अपना बचपन याद है?
Do you remember your childhood?
(kyaa tumhen apnaa bachpan yaad hai?)
अगर मेरा बचपन गाँव में बीतता, तो मैं ज़्यादा खुश होता।
If my childhood had passed in a village, I would have been happier.
(agar meraa bachpan gaanv men biittaa, to main zyaadaa khush hotaa।)
बचपन की यादें कभी नहीं मिटतीं।
Memories of childhood never fade.
(bachpan kii yaaden kabhii nahiin mittiin।)
इस गाने ने मुझे मेरे बचपन में पहुँचा दिया।
This song took me right back to my childhood.
(is gaane ne mujhe mere bachpan men pahunchaa diyaa।)
बचपन में हर कोई बेफ़िक्र होता है।
In childhood, everyone is carefree.
(bachpan men har koii befikr hotaa hai।)
अपना बचपन दोबारा जी लो, इससे पहले कि बड़े हो जाओ।
Live your childhood once more, before you grow up.
(apnaa bachpan dobaaraa jii lo, isse pahle ki bade ho jaao।)
उसका बचपन बहुत मुश्किलों में गुज़रा था।
His childhood had passed through a lot of hardships.
(uskaa bachpan bahut mushkilon men guzraa thaa।)
शायद बचपन की मासूमियत फिर कभी न लौटे।
Perhaps the innocence of childhood may never return again.
(shaayad bachpan kii maasoomiyat phir kabhii n laute।)
उसका बचपन का घर अब बेचा जा चुका है।
His childhood home has already been sold now.
(uskaa bachpan kaa ghar ab bechaa jaa chukaa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
बचपन
(bachpan)
(sg.m.oblique):
बचपन
(bachpan)
(pl.m.direct):
बचपन
(bachpan)
(pl.m.oblique):
बचपनों
(bachapnon)