अच्छा

See also: अच्छी, अच्छ, and अच्छे

Hindi

Alternative forms

• आछा (āchā) — obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *aśćaHyás

Sanskrit अच्छाय (acchāya)?

Sanskrit अच्छ (accha)

Prakrit अच्छ (accha)

Hindi अच्छा

Inherited from Prakrit अच्छ (accha) without cluster simplification, from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha). Displaced Hindi आछा (āchā), from the same source. Cognate with Punjabi ਅੱਛਾ (acchā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ət̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/, [ɐt̚.t͡ʃʰäː]

• Audio (Delhi):

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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

Descendants

• →? Chinese: 阿差 (āchā, “ethnic slur for a South Asian”)
  • → Macanese: ach'á
• → Nepali: अच्छा (acchā)

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!

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अच्छा (acchā), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha), from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌt̚t͡sʰä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अच्छा

Adjective

अच्छा • (acchā)

1. good, nice, fine

   Synonym: भलो (bhalo)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अच्छ (áccha) — at the end of a pāda

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অচ্ছা (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬘ᭄ᬙᬵ (Balinese script)
• অচ্ছা (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• အစ္ဆာ (Burmese script)
• અચ્છા (Gujarati script)
• ਅਚ੍ਛਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦕ꧀ꦖꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಚ್ಛಾ (Kannada script)
• អច្ឆា (Khmer script)
• ອຈ຺ຉາ (Lao script)
• അച്ഛാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢜᡮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢋᠼᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଅଚ୍ଛା (Odia script)
• ꢂꢗ꣄ꢘꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖯 (Siddham script)
• අච‍්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚭 (Takri script)
• அச்ச²ா (Tamil script)
• అచ్ఛా (Telugu script)
• อจฺฉา (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཙྪཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éskʷe and cognate with Proto-Slavic *ešče.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́t.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [ɐ́t̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [ɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]

Preposition

अच्छा • (ácchā) (Vedic)

1. (with accusative) to, towards

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अच्छा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9, column 1.
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “áchā”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 8