એટલું
Gujarati
Alternative forms
- તેટલું (teṭlũ)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati एतलौ (etalau), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀮 (ettila), 𑀏𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀮 (ettula), extended and influenced by Sanskrit एष (eṣa), from Sanskrit इयत्तक (iyattaká). Cognate with Assamese এতেক (etek), Hindi इतना (itnā), Odia ଏତକ (etaka), Maithili एतना (ētᵊnā), Marwari इतरौ (itrau), Sindhi ايتِرو (etiro).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeːʈ.lũ/
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: એટ‧લું
Determiner
એટલું • (eṭlũ)
Declension
| singular | plural | locative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oblique/vocative/ instrumental | |||||
| masculine | એટલો (eṭalo) | એટલા (eṭalā) | એટલા (eṭalā) | એટલે (eṭale) | ||
| neuter | એટલું (eṭalũ) | એટલા (eṭalā) | એટલાં (eṭalā̃) | એટલે (eṭale) | ||
| feminine | એટલી (eṭalī) | એટલી (eṭalī) | એટલી (eṭalī) | — | ||
If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.
Derived terms
- એટલુંબધું (eṭlũbadhũ)
Related terms
- આટલું (āṭalũ)
- કેટલું (keṭlũ)
- જેટલું (jeṭlũ)
Further reading
- ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “એટલું”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 1755.
- “એટલું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
- Mehta, Bhanusukhram Nirgunram, Mehta, Bharatram Bhanusukhram (1925) The Modern Gujarati-English Dictionary: (with Etymology, Idioms, Proverbs, Quotations, Botanical and Other Technical Terms)[1], Baroda: M. C. Kothari, page 246, column 2