आश्चर्य

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आश्चर्य (āścarya).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.t͡ʃəɾ.jᵊ/, [äːʃ.t͡ʃəɾ.jᵊ]

आश्चर्य • (āścarya) m (Urdu spelling آشچریہ‎)

1. surprise, amazement

   Synonyms: हैरानी (hairānī), अचरज (acraj), अचंभा (acambhā), विस्मय (vismay)

   मुझे उसके ऐसा कहने पर आश्चर्य हुआ।

   mujhe uske aisā kahne par āścary huā.

   I'm surprised he said that.

2. wonder

   विक्टोरिया जलप्रपात विश्व के आश्चर्यों में से एक है।

   vikṭoriyā jalaprapāt viśva ke āścaryõ mẽ se ek hai.

   Victoria Falls (lit. “Victoria Cascade”) is one of the wonders of the world.

• आश्चर्यजनक (āścaryajnak)
• आश्चर्यचकित (āścaryackit)

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “आश्चर्य”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आश्चर्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884), “आश्चर्य”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “आश्चर्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɕ.t͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɑːɕˈt͡ɕɐɾ.jɐ/

आश्चर्य • (āścarya)

1. appearing rarely
2. curious, marvelous, astonishing, wonderful, extraordinary

आश्चर्य • (āścarya) n

1. strange appearance
2. a wonder, miracle, marvel, prodigy
3. wonder, surprise, astonishment

• Monier Williams (1899), “आश्चर्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 158.1.