अछना

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

अछना (achnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اچھنا)

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

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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