अचल

See also: अंचल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अचल (acala).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.t͡ʃəl/, [ɐ.t͡ʃɐl]
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Adjective

अचल • (acal)

  1. unmoving, immutable
  2. constant
  3. (Indian classical music) of a note, inalterable; not permitted to take कोमल (komal), तीव्र (tīvra), etc. forms
    सप्तक में सा और प प्रायः अचल होते हैंsaptak mẽ sā aur pa prāyaḥ acal hote ha͠i

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of अ- (a-) + चल (cala).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

अचल • (acala) stem, m

  1. (Buddhism) the deity Acala ("Immovable")
    Synonym: अचलनाथ (acalanātha)

Noun

अचल • (acala) stem, m

  1. a mountain, rock

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: acala (learned)
  • Old Javanese: acala

References

  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “acala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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