اکیلا
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Old Hindi अकेला (akelā), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ekkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Sanskrit एकल (ekala)), probably from Sanskrit एक (éka, “one”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.keː.lɑː/
- Hyphenation: اَ‧کے‧لَا
Adjective
اَکیلَا • (akelā) m (Hindi spelling अकेला)
- alone
Declension
| Declension of اکیلا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | اَکیلا (akelā) | اَکیلے (akele) | اَکیلی (akelī) | اَکیلی (akelī) | |
| indirect | اَکیلے (akele) | اَکیلے (akele) | اَکیلی (akelī) | اَکیلی (akelī) | |
| vocative | اَکیلے (akele) | اَکیلے (akele) | اَکیلی (akelī) | اَکیلی (akelī) | |
Related terms
- اَکیلے (akele)
- اَکیلَاپَن (akelāpan)
Descendants
- → English: Akela
Further reading
- “اکیلا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “اکیلا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 69
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اکيلا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 68
- “اکیلا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121