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

• 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. 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)

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪt̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/

Noun

اِچّھا • (icchā) f (Hindi spelling इच्छा)

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

Synonyms

• خواہش (xvāhś) (xvāhiś)
• تمنا (tamannā)
• آرزو (ārzo) (ārzū)
• چاہ (cāh)

References

• 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.