अंकल
Hindi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əŋ.kəl/, [ɐ̃ŋ.kɐl]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -əl
Noun
अंकल • (aṅkal) m (Urdu spelling انکل)
- uncle
- Synonym: चाचा (cācā)
- respectful form of address for any elder man
- अंकल जी ― aṅkal jī ― uncle-ji
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अंकल aṅkal |
अंकल aṅkal |
| oblique | अंकल aṅkal |
अंकलों aṅkalõ |
| vocative | अंकल aṅkal |
अंकलो aṅkalo |
References
- “uncle-ji”, in Collins Gem English-Hindi Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
- “अंकल”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Konkani
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [əŋkəl]
Noun
अंकल • (aṅkal) m (Latin script onkol, Kannada script ಅಂಕಲ್)
- a respectful form of address for any elder man
- Coordinate term: आंटी (āṇṭī)
- (derogatory) a Goan Christian man
Declension
| Declension of अंकल | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| ergative | अंकलान (aṅkalān) | अंकलान्नि (aṅkalānni) |
| nominative | अंकल (aṅkal) | अंकला (aṅkalā) |
| vocative | अंकला (aṅkalā) | अंकलान्नो (aṅkalānno) |
| accusative/dative | अंकलाक (aṅkalāk) | अंकलांक (aṅkalānk) |
| superessive | अंकलार/अंकलाचेर (aṅkalār/aṅkalācer) | अंकलान्चेर (aṅkalāncer) |
| instrumental | अंकलानि (aṅkalāni) | अंकलान्नि (aṅkalānni) |
| ablative | अंकलात्ल्यान (aṅkalātlyān) | अंकलान्त्ल्यान (aṅkalāntlyān) |
| Genitive declension of अंकल | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | |||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| singular subject | अंकलाचो (aṅkalātso) | अंकलाचे (aṅkalāce) | अंकलाचि (aṅkalāci) | अंकलाचि (aṅkalāci) |
| plural subject | अंकलान्चो (aṅkalāntso) | अंकलान्चे (aṅkalānce) | अंकलान्चि (aṅkalānci) | अंकलान्चि (aṅkalānci) |
References
- Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani[1], Goa University (doctoral thesis)