𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀙𑀢𑀺 (achati /⁠acchati⁠/), from Sanskrit आक्षेति (ā́kṣeti). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (acchaï), Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (acchaï), Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (akkhaï), Pali acchati.

Verb

𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (acchadi) (Devanagari अच्छदि) (intransitive) (Sauraseni)

1. to remain

Descendants

• Ahirani: से (se), शे (śe)
• Hindustani: achnā

  Hindi: अछना

  Urdu: اَچْھنا (achnā)

• Old Gujarati: अछइ (achaï), छइ (chaï)
  • Middle Gujarati: छै
    • Gujarati: છે (che)
• Romani: aćhel, acsel, áshel; aćhol; ačhel, ačhol; ачел
  • → Hungarian: ácsi

Further reading

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 124.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 329.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āˊkṣēti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 46