# अच्छा
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ət̪.t͡ʃʰɑː/, [ɐt̚.t͡ʃʰäː]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

अच्छा • (acchā) (Urdu spelling اچھا)
* 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
* 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

#### Descendants

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

### Adverb

अच्छा • (acchā) (Urdu spelling اچھا)
* well
    क्या तुमने अच्छा किया? ― kyā tumne acchā kiyā? ― Did you do well?

### Interjection

अच्छा • (acchā) (Urdu spelling اچھا)
* oh! (often with stress on the final syllable)
    अच्छा! तो मैं सही था!acchā! to ma͠i sahī thā!Oh! So I was correct!

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “accha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʌt̚t͡sʰä]
* Phonetic Devanagari: अच्छा

### Adjective

अच्छा • (acchā)
* good, nice, fine
    Synonym: भलो (bhalo)

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “accha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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
* 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

* 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: /ɐ́t.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [ɐ́t̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [ɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]

### Preposition

अच्छा • (ácchā) (Vedic)
* (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