अच्छ

• IPA^(key): /ət͡ʃt͡ʃʰ/

Inherited from Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi)

अच्छ (acch) m

1. eye
2. rosary

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha), from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha)

अच्छ (acch)

1. good, nice, fine

अच्छ m

1. Devanagari script form of accha

अच्छ (accha)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (“clear, transparent, pure, clean”)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐt.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ɐt̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]

Borrowed from Pali accha, from Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛkṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.^[1]

अच्छ • (accha) stem, m

1. bear

• अच्छभल्ल (acchabhalla)

A Later Sanskrit term of uncertain origin. Per Turner, possibly a contraction of अच्छाय (acchāyá, “without shadow”), thus "unshaded" > "clear".^[2] This is tentatively favored by Mayrhofer.^[3]

An older theory, originally espoused by Mayrhofer prior to the above theory, postulates the term as a Sanskritization of Middle Indo-Aryan—e.g. Pali अच्छ (accha) and Prakrit अच्छ (accha)—, from a term related to the root अर्च् (arc, “to shine”).^[4] This is rejected by Turner, who prefers the theory mentioned in the previous paragraph.

अच्छ • (accha) stem

1. "not shaded, not dark"
2. pellucid, transparent, clear

• Prakrit: अच्छ (accha) (see there for further descendants)
• Pali: अच्छ (accha)

अच्छ • (accha) stem, m

1. a crystal

• → Tamil: அச்சம் (accam) (learned)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

अच्छ • (áccha) (Vedic)

1. alternative form of अच्छा (ácchā)

• Monier Williams (1899), “अच्छ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 9, column 1.