એકલું
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkallaya), from Sanskrit એકલ (ekala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈeːk.lũ/
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]એકલું • (ekalũ)
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- એકલડું (ekalḍũ)
Further reading
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121
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