ઉનાળો

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati ऊन्हालउ (ūnhālaü), from Apabhramsa उन्हाल (unhāla), उण्हाल (uṇhhāla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit उष्णकाल (uṣṇakāla). Doublet of ઉષ્ણકાલ (uṣṇakāl).

Cognates

Cognate with Marathi उन्हाळा (unhāḷā), Punjabi ہُنالا / ਹੁਨਾਲਾ (hunālā), Marwari उनाळौ (unāḷau) / 𑅒𑅧𑅮𑅳𑅒 (unlu), and Sindhi اُونهارو (ūnhāro).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈu.nɑ.ɭo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: ઉ‧ના‧ળો

Noun

ઉનાળો • (unāḷo) m

1. summer

   Synonyms: ગ્રીષ્મ (grīṣma), નિદાઘ (nidāgh)

Declension

Declension of ઉનાળો
	Singular	Plural
nominative	ઉનાળો (unāḷo)	ઉનાળા (unāḷā), ઉનાળાઓ (unāḷāo)
oblique	ઉનાળા (unāḷā)	ઉનાળાઓ (unāḷāo)
vocative	ઉનાળા (unāḷā)	ઉનાળાઓ (unāḷāo)
instrumental	ઉનાળે (unāḷe)	ઉનાળાએ (unāḷāe)
locative	ઉનાળે (unāḷe)	ઉનાળે (unāḷe)

See also

• (seasons) ઋતુ; ઉનાળો (unāḷo), ચોમાસું (comāsũ), પાનખર (pānkhar), શિયાળો (śiyāḷo), વસંત (vasant) ^{(Category: gu:Seasons)}

Further reading

• “ઉનાળો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.