Hindi · noun

बचपन

bacpan‘the state or period of being a child’
बच्चा+-पनST

-पन — abstract state

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
childhood
child+-hoodabstract state
French
enfance
enfant+-anceabstract state
Hindi
बचपनbacpan
बच्चा+-पनabstract state
Telugu
పిల్లతనంpillatanaṁ
పిల్ల+-తనంabstract state

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  1. 01बचपन (bacpan) is a Hindi noun formed from the stem बच्चा with the suffix -पन (-pan) (abstract state).3 steps
    • rulerule:morphology-chain
    • affixaffix:hi:-pan
    • rulerule:segmentation-confidence:1.0
  2. 02Its meaning ('the state or period of being a child') is represented as STATE_OF(CHILD) in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03बचपन is derived from Sanskrit -त्व -tva ‘abstract-state suffix’ (confidence 0.60).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:pan-skt-hi0.60
    • sourcecdial0.60
  4. 04Aligned forms: English childhood (translation equivalent); French enfance (translation equivalent); Tamil குழந்தைப்பருவம் (kuḻantaipparuvam) (translation equivalent); Telugu పిల్లతనం (pillatanaṁ) (translation equivalent).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

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  1. -त्व -tvaSanskrit— derived →बचपन accepted
    cdial0.60