अच्छा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਅੱਛਾ (acchā)), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha), from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha). Displaced native आछा (āchā), from the same source.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ət̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/, [ɐt̚.t͡ʃʰäː]
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Adjective

अच्छा • (acchā) (Urdu spelling اچھا)

  1. good, nice, fine
    Synonym: उत्तम (uttam)
    Antonyms: बुरा (burā), ख़राब (xarāb)
    इस साल क्या आप अच्छे थे? ― is sāl kyā āp acche the? ― Were you good this year?
    अच्छा बच्चा ― acchā baccā ― good boy
    अच्छा दिन ― acchā din ― good day
  2. delicious, tasty
    Synonym: स्वादिष्ट (svādiṣṭ)
    यह खाना बहुत ही अच्छा है!
    yah khānā bahut hī acchā hai!
    This food is quite delicious!
    अच्छी मिठाई ― acchī miṭhāī ― tasty sweets

Declension
Declension of अच्छा (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct अच्छा
acchā		 अच्छे
acche		 अच्छी
acchī		 अच्छी
acchī
oblique अच्छे
acche		 अच्छे
acche		 अच्छी
acchī		 अच्छी
acchī
vocative अच्छे
acche		 अच्छे
acche		 अच्छी
acchī		 अच्छी
acchī

Adverb

अच्छा • (acchā) (Urdu spelling اچھا)

  1. well
    क्या तुमने अच्छा किया? ― kyā tumne acchā kiyā? ― Did you do well?

Interjection

अच्छा • (acchā) (Urdu spelling اچھا)

  1. oh! (often with stress on the final syllable)
    अच्छा! तो मैं सही था! ― acchā! to ma͠i sahī thā! ― Oh! So I was correct!

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 阿差 (āchā, “ethnic slur for a South Asian”) (possibly)

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

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • acchā (Latin script)
  • 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • অচ্ছা (Bengali script)
  • අච‍්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
  • အစ္ဆာ or ဢၸ္ꧡႃ or ဢၸ်ꧡႃ (Burmese script)
  • อจฺฉา or อัจฉา (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨧ᩠ᨨᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຈ຺ຉາ or ອັຈຉາ (Lao script)
  • អច្ឆា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄌𑄴𑄍𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

अच्छा

  1. Devanagari script form of acchā, ablative singular & nominative/vocative plural of अच्छ (accha, “bear”)
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