اچھا
Punjabi
Etymology
Ultimately, from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha).
Interjection
اَچّھا • (acchā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਛਾ)
Synonyms
- ہَلا (halā)
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ət̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/
Adjective
اَچّھا • (acchā) (comparative بِہْتَر (bihtar), superlative بِہْتَرِین (bihtarīn), Hindi spelling अच्छा)
Declension
| 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)
Interjection
اَچّھا • (acchā) (Hindi spelling अच्छा)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪt̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/
Noun
اِچّھا • (icchā) f (Hindi spelling इच्छा)
Synonyms
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “accha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इच्छा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اچھا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.