different between bach vs bagh

English

Etymology

Probable shortening of bachelor.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bæt?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /bat?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /b?t?/
• Rhymes: -æt?
• Homophone: batch

Noun

bach (plural baches)

1. (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.

Synonyms

• crib (New Zealand)

Translations

Verb

bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)

1. (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress. (Compare bachelor pad.)

Anagrams

• BHCA

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *b?x, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.

Adjective

bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)

1. small, little, short

2. not fully-grown or developed, young
3. insignificant, unimportant, humble
4. small (of business, etc.)
5. lowercase (of letter)

Derived terms

• to bach (“circumflex”)
• t? bach (“toilet, loo”)

Synonyms

• bychan

Etymology 2

From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bakkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.

Noun

bach m or f (plural bachau)

1. hook
2. bend, corner
3. hinge
4. bracket

Derived terms

• bach cyrliog
• bach petryal

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bach”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Persian ???? (bâ?, “garden; orchard”).

Noun

bagh (plural baghs)

1. A type of enclosed garden common in south and south-eastern Asia.

Manx

Verb

bagh (verbal noun baghey)

1. to dwell, live

Mutation