اکلوتا

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*ĕkkalaütta), from Sanskrit एकल-पुत्र (ekala-putra, “only son”).[1] Compare Punjabi اکلوتا (iklauttā). Related to اِکل (ikal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اِکْلَوتا • (iklautā) (feminine اِکلَوتی (iklautī), Hindi spelling एकलौता)

  1. sole; only (concerning progeny; where the possibility of more than one is conceivable)
    • 1898, George W. M. Reynolds, translated by مِرْزا صاحِب حَیرَت دِہَلْوی, ناوَل روزا لَیمبَرْٹ‎, →OCLC, page 7:
      یہ نوجوان جسکی ۲۱؍ برس کی عمر ہو گی اکلوتا بیٹا اُس 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, وَہْمی‎, page 27:
      رمؔیش ڈاکٹر پرتؔاب کا اکلوتا بیٹا ہے۔
      rameś ḍākṭar partāb kā iklautā beṭā hai.
      Ramesh is Dr. Partab's only son.
  2. single, lone (one who does not have a partner)
    • 1940, مُحَمَّد سَرْوَر, خُطُوط مُحَمَّد عَلی‎, 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

Declension of اکلوتا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct اِکْلَوتا (iklautā) اِکْلَوتے (iklaute) اِکْلَوتی (iklautī) اِکْلَوتی (iklautī)
indirect اِکْلَوتے (iklaute) اِکْلَوتے (iklaute) اِکْلَوتی (iklautī) اِکْلَوتی (iklautī)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēkkalaputra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

More information
  • “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
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