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Punjabi
Etymology
Ultimately, from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha).
Interjection
اَچّھا • (acchā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਛਾ)
- OK
اچھا, میں سمجھ گیا۔- acchā, maiṉ samajh geyā.
- Ok, I understand now.
- ah (showing understanding or interest)
- really? (showing surprise)
Synonyms
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Punjabi اَچّھا (acchā) / ਅੱਛਾ (acchā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
اَچّھا • (acchā) (comparative بَہْتَر (bahtar), superlative بَہْتَرِین (bahtarīn), Hindi spelling अच्छा)
- good
- Synonym: بَھلا (bhalā)
- Antonyms: بُرا (burā), بَد (bad)
- acceptable, all right, great
- meritorious
Declension
Declension of اچھا
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masculine
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feminine
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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direct
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اچھا (acchā)
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اچھے (acche)
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اچھی (acchī)
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اچھی (acchī)
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indirect
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اچھے (acche)
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اچھے (acche)
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اچھی (acchī)
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اچھی (acchī)
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Adverb
اَچّھا • (acchā) (Hindi spelling अच्छा)
- well
Interjection
اَچّھا • (acchā) (Hindi spelling अच्छा)
- ok
- well!
- aha
- really?
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā).
Pronunciation
Noun
اِچّھا • (icchā) f (Hindi spelling इच्छा)
- desire
- will
- wish
- inclination
- aim
- ambition
Synonyms
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.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “accha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press