Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Bengali আচ্ছা (accha), from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, from Prakrit, from Sanskrit अच्छ (accha). Cognate with Hindi अच्छा (acchā), Punjabi ਅੱਛਾ (acchā).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /at͡ʃʰːa/, [ˈat͡ʃʰːaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /atɕʰːa/, [ˈatɕʰːaˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /at̪sːa/, [ˈat̪sːaˑ], [ˈasːaˑ], /ai̯t̪sːa/, [ˈai̯t̪sːaˑ], [ˈai̯sːaˑ]

Interjection

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আচ্ছা (accha)

  1. okay, well