अछना

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (acchadi), from Sanskrit आक्षेति (ā́kṣeti, “to abide, dwell in”). Cognate with Marathi असणे (asṇe, “to be”), Gujarati છે (che, “is”, 3sg.pres.), Bengali আছি (achi, “am, are”, 1sg-1pl.pres.), Kashmiri [script needed] (chu, “is”, 3sg.pres.).

• IPA^(key): /ət͡ʃʰ.nɑː/

अछना • (achnā) (intransitive)

1. (dialectal or poetic) to be

   Synonym: होना (honā) (standard)

• Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975), “अछना”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “āˊkṣēti (1031)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1936), “Sanskrit ā́-kṣeti and Pali acchati in Modern Indo-Aryan”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 8, issue 2-3, DOI:10.1017/S0041977X0014145X, pages 795-812