feminine · accharā 1.2 · accharā 1.1
Accharā 1 (feminine) [etymology uncertain, but certainly dialectical; Trenckner connects it with ācchurita ("Notes" 76); Childers compares Sanskrit akṣara (see akkhara); there may be a connection with akkhaṇa in akkhaṇa-vedhin (cf. BHS acchaṭā Divy 555), or possibly a relation to ā + tsar, thus meaning "stealthily", although the primary meaning is "snapping, a quick sound"] the snapping of the fingers, the bringing together of the finger-tips: 1. (literal) accharaṃ paharati to snap the fingers Ja II 447; III 191; IV 124, 126; V 314; VI 366; Dhp-a I 38, 424. — As measure: as much as one may hold with the finger-tips, a pinch Ja V 385; Dhp-a II 273 (°gahaṇamattaṃ); cf. ekacchara-matta Dhp-a II 274. 2. (figurative) a finger's snap, i.e. a short moment, in ekacchara-k-khaṇe in one moment Miln 102, and in definition of acchariya (q.v.) at Sv I 43; Vv-a 329. -saṅghāta the snapping of the fingers as signifying a short duration of time, a moment, °matta momentary, only for one moment (cf. BHS acchaṭāsaṅghāta Divy 142) A I 10, 34, 38; IV 396; Thag 405; Thig 67 (explained at Thig-a 76 as ghaṭikāmattam pi khaṇaṃ aṅgulipoṭhanamattam pi kālaṃ); -sadda the sound of the snapping of a finger Ja III 127. Accharā 2 (feminine) [Vedic apsaras = āpa, water + sarati, origanilly water nymph] a celestial nymph M I 253 (plural accharāyo) II 64; Thig 374 (= devaccharā Thig-a 252); Ja V 152 f. (Alambusā a.) Vv 5 5 (= devakaññā Vv-a 37); Vv 17 2 ; 18 11 etc.; Dhp-a III 8, 19; Pv-a 46 (dev°); Miln 169; Saddh 298.
a celestial nymph, a female divinity
【陰】 1. 女神。2. 打榧子（把拇指貼緊中指面，再使勁閃開，使中指 打在掌上發聲）， 一會兒。~saṇghāta,【陽】打榧子。~sadda,【陽】 鼓掌聲。
(fem, fem) short moment; split second; tiny amount of time short moment [lit.] finger snap Construction: accha + rā
(fem, fem, from acchara) finger tips; finger snap snapping of fingers Construction: accha + rā
(fem, fem) celestial nymph; female nature divinity nymph