એકલું
Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ekkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Sanskrit એકલ (ekala)) probably from Sanskrit એક (éka, “one”). Cognate with Malvi अकेलो (akelo), Hindustani اَکیلَا (akelā) / अकेला (akelā), एकला (eklā), Marwari एकलौ (eklau) / 𑅓𑅕𑅮𑅒 (eklu), ऐकलौ (aiklau) / 𑅑𑅕𑅮𑅒 (iklu), येकलौ (yeklau) / 𑅛𑅓𑅕𑅮𑅒 (jeklu), Gojri ایکلو (eklo), Punjabi ਅਕੇਲਾ (akelā) / اَکیْلا (akelā), Bengali একলা (ekola), Assamese অকল (okol), Sylheti ꠄꠇꠟꠣ (exola).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeː.kə.lũ/
Adjective
એકલું • (ekalũ)
- alone
- એ એકલો છે
- e ekalo che
- he's alone
- unaccompanied
- single, unmarried
- Synonym: કુંવારું (kũvārũ)
Adverb
એકલું • (ekalũ)
Declension
| Declension of એકલું | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/instrumental | locative | |||||||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||||||
| masculine | એકલો (ekalo) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલે (ekale) | ||||||
| neuter | એકલું (ekalũ) | એકલાં (ekalā̃) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલાં (ekalā̃) | એકલે (ekale) | ||||||
| feminine | એકલી (ekalī) | એકલી (ekalī) | એકલી (ekalī) | એકલી (ekalī) | |||||||
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Derived terms
- એકલડું (ekalḍũ)
Further reading
- 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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