اچھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Ultimately, from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha).

Interjection

اَچّھا • (acchā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਛਾ)

  1. OK
    اچھا, میں سمجھ گیا۔
    acchā, maiṉ samajh geyā.
    Ok, I understand now.
  2. ah (showing understanding or interest)
  3. really? (showing surprise)

Synonyms

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha) without cluster simplification, from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha). Displaced Urdu آچَھا (āchā), from the same source.[1] Cognate with Punjabi اچھا / ਅੱਛਾ (acchā).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَچّھا • (acchā) (comparative بِہْتَر (bihtar), superlative بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn), Hindi spelling अच्छा)

  1. good
    Synonyms: بَھلا (bhalā), خُوب (xūb)
    Antonyms: بُرا (burā), بَد (bad)
  2. acceptable, all right, great
  3. meritorious
Declension
Declension of اچھا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct اَچّھا (acchā) اَچّھے (acche) اَچّھی (acchī) اَچّھی (acchī)
indirect اَچّھے (acche) اَچّھے (acche) اَچّھی (acchī) اَچّھی (acchī)

Adverb

اَچّھا • (acchā) (Hindi spelling अच्छा)

  1. well

Interjection

اَچّھا • (acchā) (Hindi spelling अच्छा)

  1. ok
  2. well!
  3. aha
  4. really?

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā).

Pronunciation

Noun

اِچّھا • (icchāf (Hindi spelling इच्छा)

  1. desire
  2. will
  3. wish
  4. inclination
  5. aim
  6. ambition
Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “accha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press