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)
- 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?
- sūtī satī ekalī rāni. sugaṃdha vīsī sovaṇa vāni
- सूती सती एकली रानि । सुगंध वीसी सोवण वानि
Derived terms
- एकलडउं (ekalaḍaüṃ)
Descendants
Further reading
- Ernest Bender (1951) “ekalī”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 345, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121
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