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Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkallaya), from Sanskrit એકલ (ekala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Cognates
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
Adjective
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.
- single, unmarried
- Synonym: કુંવારું (kũvārũ)
Adverb
એકલું • (ekalũ)
- only
- Synonyms: માત્ર (mātra), બસ (bas), ખાલી (khālī)
એકલો હું જ જઈશ- ekalo hũ ja jaīśa
- only I will go
Declension
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nominative
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oblique/vocative/instrumental
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locative
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singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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એકલો (ekalo)
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એકલા (ekalā)
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એકલા (ekalā)
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એકલા (ekalā)
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એકલે (ekale)
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એકલું (ekalũ)
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એકલાં (ekalā̃)
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એકલા (ekalā)
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એકલાં (ekalā̃)
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એકલે (ekale)
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એકલી (ekalī)
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એકલી (ekalī)
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એકલી (ekalī)
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એકલી (ekalī)
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- Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter locatives do not apply.
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