इच्छा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪt͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰɑː/

Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) f (Urdu spelling اچها‎)

desire, will, wish
मेरी इच्छा है कि मेरी मृत्यु के बाद, यह घर बेचा जाए।
merī icchā hai ki merī mŕtyu ke bād, yah ghar becā jāe.
It is my desire that this house be sold after I die.

Synonyms: कामना (kāmnā), चाह (cāh), ख़्वाहिश (xvāhiś), अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā)

Declension

Declension of इच्छा
	Singular	Plural
Direct	इच्छा (icchā)	इच्छाएँ (icchāẽ)
Oblique	इच्छा (icchā)	इच्छाओं (icchāon)
Vocative	इच्छा (icchā)	इच्छाओ (icchāo)

Derived terms

इच्छामृत्यु (icchāmŕtyu)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “इच्छा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884), “इच्छा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

icchā (Latin script)
𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ইচ্ছা (Bengali script)
ඉච‍්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
ဣစ္ဆာ (Burmese script)
อิจฺฉา or อิจฉา (Thai script)
ᩍᨧ᩠ᨨᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ອິຈ຺ຉາ or ອິຈຉາ (Lao script)
ឥច្ឆា (Khmer script)

Noun

इच्छा f

desire, wish
longing

Declension

Declension table of "इच्छा" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	इच्छा	इच्छायो or इच्छा
Accusative (second)	इच्छं	इच्छायो or इच्छा
Instrumental (third)	इच्छाय	इच्छाहि or इच्छाभि
Dative (fourth)	इच्छाय	इच्छानं
Ablative (fifth)	इच्छाय	इच्छाहि or इच्छाभि
Genitive (sixth)	इच्छाय	इच्छानं
Locative (seventh)	इच्छाय or इच्छायं	इच्छासु
Vocative (calling)	इच्छे	इच्छायो or इच्छा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-, whence also इच्छति (icchati).

Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) f

wish, desire
Synonyms: आशा (āśā), तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of इच्छा
Nom. sg.	इच्छा (icchā)
Gen. sg.	इच्छायाः (icchāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	इच्छा (icchā)	इच्छे (icche)	इच्छाः (icchāḥ)
Vocative	इच्छे (icche)	इच्छे (icche)	इच्छाः (icchāḥ)
Accusative	इच्छाम् (icchām)	इच्छे (icche)	इच्छाः (icchāḥ)
Instrumental	इच्छया (icchayā)	इच्छाभ्याम् (icchābhyām)	इच्छाभिः (icchābhiḥ)
Dative	इच्छायै (icchāyai)	इच्छाभ्याम् (icchābhyām)	इच्छाभ्यः (icchābhyaḥ)
Ablative	इच्छायाः (icchāyāḥ)	इच्छाभ्याम् (icchābhyām)	इच्छाभ्यः (icchābhyaḥ)
Genitive	इच्छायाः (icchāyāḥ)	इच्छयोः (icchayoḥ)	इच्छाणाम् (icchāṇām)
Locative	इच्छायाम् (icchāyām)	इच्छयोः (icchayoḥ)	इच्छासु (icchāsu)

Descendants

Rajasthani: चा (cā)
Telugu: ఇచ్ఛ (iccha)
Thai: อิจฉา (ìt-chǎa)

References

Cappeller, Carl A Sanskrit-English dictionary Bostin, Ginn and Co., 1891.

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