# इच्छा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā). Cognate with Marathi इच्छा (icchā) and Bengali ইচ্ছা (iccha).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɪt̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/, [ɪt̚.t͡ʃʰäː]

### Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) f (Urdu spelling اچھا)
* desire, will, wish
    मेरी इच्छा है कि मेरी मृत्यु के बाद, यह घर बेचा जाए।merī icchā hai ki merī mŕtyu ke bād, yah ghar becā jāe.It is my desire that this house be sold after I die.

#### Synonyms

* चाह (cāh)
* कामना (kāmnā)
* अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā)

#### Derived terms

* इच्छामृत्यु (icchāmŕtyu)
* इच्छारहित (icchārhit)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “इच्छा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “इच्छा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘃𑘔𑘰 (īchā). Cognate with Hindi इच्छा (icchā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /it͡ɕ.t͡ɕʰa/

### Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) f
* wish, desire, will
    Synonyms: आकांक्षा (ākāṅkṣā), लालसा (lālsā), वासना (vāsnā)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “इच्छा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “इच्छा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “इच्छा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “इच्छा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* icchā (Latin script)
* 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ইচ্ছা (Bengali script)
* ඉච‍්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
* ဣစ္ဆာ or ဢိၸ္ꧡႃ or ဢိၸ်ꧡႃ (Burmese script)
* อิจฺฉา or อิจฉา (Thai script)
* ᩍᨧ᩠ᨨᩣ (Tai Tham script)
* ອິຈ຺ຉາ or ອິຈຉາ (Lao script)
* ឥច្ឆា (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄨𑄌𑄴𑄍𑄂 (Chakma script)

### Noun

इच्छा f
* Devanagari script form of icchā

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ইচ্ছা (Assamese script)
* ᬇᬘ᭄ᬙᬵ (Balinese script)
* ইচ্ছা (Bengali script)
* 𑰂𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဣစ္ဆာ (Burmese script)
* ઇચ્છા (Gujarati script)
* ਇਚ੍ਛਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦆꦕ꧀ꦖꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂅𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಇಚ್ಛಾ (Kannada script)
* ឥច្ឆា (Khmer script)
* ອິຈ຺ຉາ (Lao script)
* ഇച്ഛാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡳᢜᡮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘂𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠢᢋᠼᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦢𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐂𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଇଚ୍ଛା (Odia script)
* ꢄꢗ꣄ꢘꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆅𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖂𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ඉච‍්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩑𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚂𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚭 (Takri script)
* இச்ச²ா (Tamil script)
* ఇచ్ఛా (Telugu script)
* อิจฺฉา (Thai script)
* ཨི་ཙྪཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒃𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨁𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Nominalized from इच्छति (icchati, “to wish, desire”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /it.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [it̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈit̪.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [ˈit̪̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]

### Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) stem, f
* wish, desire, inclination
    Synonyms: काम (kāma), कामना (kāmanā)
* (mathematics) a question or a problem
* (grammar) the desiderative form

#### Descendants

* → Hindi: इच्छा (icchā)
* → Kannada: ಇಚ್ಛೆ (icche)
* → Marathi: इच्छा (icchā)
* → Old Javanese: icchā (“wish, desire; pleased”), ica, eccha
** Javanese: ꦲꦺꦕ (éca)
*** → Indonesian: eco
** → Balinese: ᬳᬶᬘ (ica), ᬇᬘ
* → Old Tamil: 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁃 (iccai)
** Tamil: இச்சை (iccai)
* Pali: icchā
* Marwari: चा (cā)
* → Telugu: ఇచ్ఛ (iccha)
* → Thai: อิจฉา (ìt-chǎa, “to envy”)

### References

* Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.