इच्छा

इच्छा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit इच्छा (icchā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪt͡ʃ.t͡ʃʰɑː/, [ɪt̚.t͡ʃʰäː]

Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) f (Urdu spelling اچھا‎)

1. 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.

Declension

Declension of इच्छा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इच्छा icchā	इच्छाएँ icchāẽ
oblique	इच्छा icchā	इच्छाओं icchāõ
vocative	इच्छा icchā	इच्छाओ icchāo

Synonyms

• चाह (cāh)
• कामना (kāmnā)
• अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā)

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.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

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

Noun

इच्छा f

1. Devanagari script form of icchā

Declension

Declension table of "इच्छा" (feminine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	इच्छा (icchā)	इच्छायो (icchāyo) or इच्छा (icchā)
Accusative (second)	इच्छं (icchaṃ)	इच्छायो (icchāyo) or इच्छा (icchā)
Instrumental (third)	इच्छाय (icchāya)	इच्छाहि (icchāhi) or इच्छाभि (icchābhi)
Dative (fourth)	इच्छाय (icchāya)	इच्छानं (icchānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	इच्छाय (icchāya)	इच्छाहि (icchāhi) or इच्छाभि (icchābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	इच्छाय (icchāya)	इच्छानं (icchānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	इच्छाय (icchāya) or इच्छायं (icchāyaṃ)	इच्छासु (icchāsu)
Vocative (calling)	इच्छे (icche)	इच्छायो (icchāyo) or इच्छा (icchā)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬇᬘ᭄ᬙᬵ (Balinese script)
• ইচ্ছা (Assamese script)
• ইচ্ছা (Bengali script)
• 𑰂𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌇𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ઇચ્છા (Gujarati script)
• ਇਚੑਛਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦆꦕ꧀ꦖꦴ (Javanese script)
• ឥច្ឆា (Khmer script)
• ಇಚ್ಛಾ (Kannada script)
• ອິຈ຺ຉາ (Lao script)
• ഇച്ഛാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘂𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢈᢋᠼᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡳᢜᡮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဣစ္ဆာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦢𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐂𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଇଚ୍ଛା (Oriya script)
• ꢄꢗ꣄ꢘꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆅𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖂𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඉච්ඡා (Sinhalese script)
• ఇచ్ఛా (Telugu script)
• อิจฺฉา (Thai script)
• ཨི་ཙྪཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒃𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root इष् (iṣ, “to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys-. Cognate with Russian ищу (išču, “I seek”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /it.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [it̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈit̪.t͡ɕʰɑː/, [ˈit̪̚.t͡ɕʰɑː]

Noun

इच्छा • (icchā) f

1. wish, desire, inclination

   Synonyms: काम (kāma), कामना (kāmanā)

2. (mathematics) a question or a problem
3. (grammar) the desiderative form

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of इच्छा (icchā)
	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 / इच्छा¹ icchayā / icchā¹	इच्छाभ्याम् icchābhyām	इच्छाभिः icchābhiḥ
Dative	इच्छायै icchāyai	इच्छाभ्याम् icchābhyām	इच्छाभ्यः icchābhyaḥ
Ablative	इच्छायाः icchāyāḥ	इच्छाभ्याम् icchābhyām	इच्छाभ्यः icchābhyaḥ
Genitive	इच्छायाः icchāyāḥ	इच्छयोः icchayoḥ	इच्छानाम् icchānām
Locative	इच्छायाम् icchāyām	इच्छयोः icchayoḥ	इच्छासु icchāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: इच्छा (icchā)
• → Old Javanese: icchā, ica (“wish, desire; pleased”)
  • Javanese: ꦲꦺꦕ (éca, “delicious”)
    • → Indonesian: eco (“delicious”)
• → Kannada: ಇಚ್ಛೆ (icche)
• → Old Tamil: 𑀇𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁃 (iccai)
  • Tamil: இச்சை (iccai)
• Pali: icchā
• Rajasthani: चा (cā)
• → Telugu: ఇచ్ఛ (iccha)
• → Thai: อิจฉา (ìt-chǎa, “to envy”)

References

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