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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*ĕkkalaütta), from Sanskrit एकल-पुत्र (ekala-putra, “only son”). Compare Punjabi اکلوتا (iklauttā). Related to اِکل (ikal).
Pronunciation
Adjective
اِکْلَوتا • (iklautā) (feminine اِکلَوتی (iklautī), Hindi spelling एकलौता)
- sole; only (concerning progeny; where the possibility of more than one is conceivable)
1898, George W. M. Reynolds, translated by مِرْزا صاحِب حَیرَت دِہَلْوی [mirzā sāhib hairat dihalvī], ناوَل روزا لَیمبَرْٹ [nāval rozā laimbarṭ, Novel Rosa Lambert], →OCLC, page 7:یہ نوجوان جسکی ۲۱؍ برس کی عمر ہو گی اکلوتا بیٹا اس دولتمند کا تھا- ye naujavān jiskī 21, baras kī 'umr ho gī iklautā beṭā us daulatmand kā thā
- This young man, who's probably 21 years old, was the only son of that rich man
1959, وَزِیر حَسَن [vazīr hasan], وَہْمی [vahmī], page 27:رمؔیش ڈاکٹر پرتؔاب کا اکلوتا بیٹا ہے۔- The template Template:xlit does not use the parameter(s):
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- single, lone (one who does not have a partner)
1940, مُحَمَّد سَرْوَر [muhammad sarvar], خُطُوط مُحَمَّد عَلی [xutūt muhammad 'alī], page 14:مگر میرے نزدیک میرا اکلوتا بھائ شوکت بھی ہے- magar mere nazdīk merā iklautā bhāī śaukat bhī hai
- However, I have a single brother Shaukat
Declension
Further reading
- “اکلوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اکلوتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اکلوتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اکلوتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “اِکلوتا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 103
- John Shakespear (1834) “اکلوتا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēkkalaputra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press