अछना

Hindi

Etymology

From , from Sanskrit आक्षेति (ā́kṣeti, “to abide, dwell in”). Cognate with Marathi असणे (asṇe, “to be”), Gujarati છે (che, “is”, 3sg.pres.), Bengali আছি (achi, “am, are”, 1sg-1pl.pres.), Kashmiri چھُ (chu, “is”, 3sg.pres.).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

अछना • (achnā) (intransitive)

1. (dialectal or poetic) to be

   Synonym: (standard) होना (honā)

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