अड्कल

Nepali

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Hindustani اَٹْکَل / अटकल (aṭkal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʌɽkʌl]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: अड्कल्

Noun

अड्कल • (aḍkal)

  1. rough estimate, approximate calculation
  2. guess

Declension

Declension of अड्कल
Singular Plural
nominative अड्कल [ʌɽkʌl] अड्कलहरू [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾu]
accusative अड्कललाई [ʌɽkʌlläi] अड्कलहरूलाई [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative अड्कलले [ʌɽkʌlle] अड्कलहरूले [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾule]
dative अड्कललाई [ʌɽkʌlläi] अड्कलहरूलाई [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾuläi]
ablative अड्कलबाट [ʌɽkʌlloʈʌ] अड्कलहरूबाट [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive अड्कलको [ʌɽkʌlko] अड्कलहरूको [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾuko]
locative अड्कलमा [ʌɽkʌlmä] अड्कलहरूमा [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾumä]
Notes:
  • -को (-ko) becomes:
    • -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun.
    • -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “अड्कल”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṭṭakkalā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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