अटकल

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit *अट्टक्कला (aṭṭakkalā). Cognate with Assamese আঁটকাল (ãtokal), Bengali আটকাল (aṭkal), Gujarati અટકળ (aṭakaḷ), Marathi अटकळ (aṭkaḷ), and Odia ଅଟକଳ (aṭakaḷa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʈ.kəl/, [ɐʈ.kɐl]
Audio: (file)

Noun

अटकल • (aṭkal) f (Urdu spelling اٹکل)

guess, estimate, conjecture
Synonym: अंदाज़ा (andāzā)

Declension

Declension of *अटकल* (fem cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अटकल aṭkal	अटकलें aṭkalẽ
oblique	अटकल aṭkal	अटकलों aṭkalõ
vocative	अटकल aṭkal	अटकलो aṭkalo

Derived terms

अटकल लगाना (aṭkal lagānā)

Descendants

→ Nepali: अड्कल (aḍkal)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਅਟਕਲ (aṭkal)

Shahmukhi script: اَٹکَل (aṭkal)
→ Sindhi: اٽڪل (aṭkala)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अटकल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*aṭṭakkalā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press