એકલું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ekkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Sanskrit એકલ (ekala)) probably from Sanskrit એક (éka, “one”). 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.kə.lũ/

Adjective

એકલું • (ekalũ)

1. alone

   એ એકલો છે

   e ekalo che

   he's alone

2. unaccompanied
3. single, unmarried

   Synonym: કુંવારું (kũvārũ)

Adverb

એકલું • (ekalũ)

1. only

   Synonyms: માત્ર (mātra), બસ (bas), ખાલી (khālī)

   એકલો હું જ જઈશ

   ekalo hũ ja jaīśa

   only I will go

Declension

Declension of એકલું
	nominative			oblique/vocative/instrumental			locative
	singular	plural		singular	plural
masculine	એકલો (ekalo)	એકલા (ekalā)		એકલા (ekalā)	એકલા (ekalā)		એકલે (ekale)
neuter	એકલું (ekalũ)	એકલાં (ekalā̃)		એકલા (ekalā)	એકલાં (ekalā̃)		એકલે (ekale)
feminine	એકલી (ekalī)	એકલી (ekalī)		એકલી (ekalī)	એકલી (ekalī)
Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter 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