ઇયળ
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- એળ (eḷ)
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit अलिन् (alin, “black bee; scorpion”). Possibly an deformation of an earlier *અળિ (aḷi).[1] Compare Hindustani الی / अली (alī) and Marathi अळ (aḷ), अळी (aḷī), अळई (aḷaī, “maggot”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈi.jəɭ/
- Rhymes: -əɭ
- Hyphenation: ઇ‧યળ
Noun
ઇયળ • (iyaḷ) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ઇયળ (iyaḷ) | ઇયળો (iyaḷo) |
| oblique | ઇયળ (iyaḷ) | ઇયળો (iyaḷo) |
| vocative | ઇયળ (iyaḷ) | ઇયળો (iyaḷo) |
| instrumental | ઇયળે (iyaḷe) | ઇયળોએ (iyaḷoe) |
| locative | ઇયળે (iyaḷe) | ઇયળોએ (iyaḷoe) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “alin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 32