एकलउं

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ekkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Sanskrit एकल (ekala)). Cognate with Old Hindi अकेला (akelā), Old Punjabi ਇਕੇਲਾ (ikelā), Old Marathi 𑘊𑘎𑘩 (ekala), 𑘧𑘹𑘎𑘩 (yekala), 𑘧𑘹𑘏𑘩 (yekhala).

Adjective

एकलउं • (ekalaüṃ)

  1. alone
    • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 230:
      सूती सती एकली रानि । सुगंध वीसी सोवण वानि
      अबला मूंकी जातां पाग । किम वूढी तुझ नल नीभाग
      sūtī satī ekalī rāni. sugaṃdha vīsī sovaṇa vāni
      abalā mūṃkī jātāṃ pāga. kima vūḍhī tujha nala nībhāga
      O you luckless Nala, how did you make your feet move when you abandoned that true wife
      sleeping alone in the forest, trusting in you, fragrant, golden coloured, true?

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Gojri: ایکلو (eklo)
  • Gujarati: એકલું (ekalũ)
  • Malvi: अकेलो (akelo)
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: एकलौ (eklau), ऐकलौ (aiklau)
    Mahajani script: 𑅓𑅕𑅮𑅒 (eklu), 𑅑𑅕𑅮𑅒 (iklu)

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