اچھنا

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁂𑀇 (accei), from Sanskrit अत्येति (átyeti, “comes upon, goes; enters”).

Cognates

Cognate with Phalura áača / آچہ, Sindhi اَچَڻُ / अचणु / 𑊰𑋀𑋌𑋣 (acaṇu), Kholosi ačen, Kachchi અચણુ (acaṇu), Vaghri અચ્ચણુ (accaṇu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.t͡ʃʰːᵊ.ɳaː/, [ət͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰᵊ.ɳäː], /ə.ɕːᵊ.ɳaː/

Verb

اَچّھݨا (acchṇā) (Gurmukhi ਅੱਛਣਾ)

1. (intransitive) to come, arrive, reach

Further reading

• شِیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “اچھنڑ”, in شِیراز اُلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکیڈْمِی (gandhārā hindko akeḍmī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 19, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “átyēti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 12