अचंभा

Hindi

FWOTD – 11 February 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *āccʰambʰas. Turner suggests a relation to Sanskrit आस्कभ्नाति (āskabhnāti, “to firmly fix”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.t͡ʃəm.bʱɑː/, [ɐ.t͡ʃɐ̃m.bʱäː]

Noun

अचंभा • (acambhā) m

1. amazement, astonishment, incredulity
   • 1880 – 1936, Premchand, Ātmārām

     लोगों को उसकी द्रुतगमिता पर आचम्भा हो रहा था।

     logõ ko uskī drutagmitā par ācambhā ho rahā thā.

     People were feeling amazement at the sight of his speed.

   Synonym: आश्चर्य (āścarya)

2. a wonder, spectacle

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अचंभा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ācchambha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press