એકલું
Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkallaya), from Sanskrit એકલ (ekala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Cognates
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
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeːk.lũ/
Adjective
એકલું • (ekalũ)
- alone
- એ એકલો છે
- e ekalo che
- he's alone
- unaccompanied, only
- 1950, “તારી આંખનો અફીણી [tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī]”, in Venibhai Purohit (lyrics), Divadandi:
- તારી આંખનો અફીણી, તારા બોલનો બંધાણી
તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો- tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī, tārā bolno bandhāṇī
tārā rūpnī pūnamno pāgal eklo - I am an addict of your eyes, attached to you words;
I am the only one who is mad for the full moon of your beauty.
- tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī, tārā bolno bandhāṇī
- single, unmarried
- Synonym: કુંવારું (kũvārũ)
Adverb
એકલું • (ekalũ)
Declension
| singular | plural | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/ instrumental | |||||
| masculine | એકલો (ekalo) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલે (ekale) | ||
| neuter | એકલું (ekalũ) | એકલા (ekalā) | એકલાં (ekalā̃) | એકલે (ekale) | ||
| feminine | એકલી (ekalī) | એકલી (ekalī) | એકલી (ekalī) | — | ||
If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.
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