أچھ

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi, “eye”). Cognates include Assamese আখি (akhi), Bengali আঁখি (ãkhi), Bhojpuri आँखि (ā̃khi), Gujarati આંખ (ā̃kha), Hindustani آنکھ / आँख (ā̃kh), Maithili आँखि (ā̃khɨ), Odia ଆଖି (ākhi), Punjabi اَکّھ (akkh), Romani jakh, and Sindhi اَکہِ (akhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ət͡ʃʰ]

Noun

أچھ • (ạch) f (plural أچھ, Devanagari ॳछ, Sharada 𑆃𑆗𑇀)

1. (anatomy) eye

Derived terms

• أچھِ دود
• أچھِ گاش

 

Related terms

1. اوٚش

References

• Omkar N. Koul, Kashi Wali (2006) Modern Kashmiri Grammar‎^[1], Springfield: Dunwoody Press, page 206
• S. K. Toshakhani, J. Lal Kaul, Mohiuddin Hajni, Prithvi Nath Pushp, Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980) Kashir Dictionary Vol 1‎^[2] (in Kashmiri), volume 1, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 170
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3