अछना

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (acchadi), from Sanskrit आक्षेति (ā́kṣeti, to abide, dwell in). Cognate with Marathi असणे (asṇe, to be), Gujarati છે (che, is, 3sg.pres.), Bengali আছ- (ach-, to be), Kashmiri چھُ (chu, is, 3sg.pres.).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ət͡ʃʰ.nɑː/, [ɐt͡ʃʰ.näː]
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Verb

अछना • (achnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اچھنا)

  1. (dialectal or poetic) to be
    Synonym: (standard) होना (honā)

Conjugation

References

  • Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अछना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āˊkṣēti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1936) “Sanskrit ā́-kṣeti and Pali acchati in Modern Indo-Aryan”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 8, numbers 2-3, →DOI, pages 795-812
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