अकेला
See also: अंकल, अकाल, अकेली, अकेले, अकल, अकाले, and अक़्ल
Hindi
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”). Cognate with Gujarati એકલું (ekalũ), Assamese অকল (okol, “only”), অকলে (okole).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.keː.lɑː/, [ə.keː.l̪äː]
- Hyphenation: अ‧के‧ला
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Adjective
अकेला • (akelā) (Urdu spelling اَکیلَا)
- alone
- वह अकेला है। ― vah akelā hai. ― He is alone.
Declension
Declension of अकेला (ā-stem)
masculine | feminine | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
direct | अकेला akelā | अकेले akele | अकेली akelī | अकेली akelī |
oblique | अकेले akele | अकेले akele | अकेली akelī | अकेली akelī |
vocative | अकेले akele | अकेले akele | अकेली akelī | अकेली akelī |
Derived terms
- अकेले (akele)
- अकेलापन (akelāpan)
Descendants
- → English: Akela
Further reading
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “अकेला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 5.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अकेला”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 9
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अकेला”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 72
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अकेला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 10
- Platts, John T. (1884), “अकेला”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 69
- “अकेला”, 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
Old Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ekkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Sanskrit एकल (ekala)). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਇਕੇਲਾ (ikelā), Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), Old Marathi 𑘊𑘎𑘩 (ekala), 𑘧𑘹𑘎𑘩 (yekala), 𑘧𑘹𑘏𑘩 (yekhala).
Adjective
अकेला (akelā)
- alone, lonely
- c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 367.1:
- देहरी लग तेरी सगी रे महेरी, फलिसा लगी सगी माई
मरहट लग सब लोक सगौ रे, हंस अकेलौ जाइ- deharī laga terī sagī re maherī, phalisā lagī sagī māī
marahaṭa laga saba loka sagau re, hãsa akelau jāi - wife is related to you upto the door-step [of your house]; mother is related upto the outer door (or: “to the border of the village”)
all [other] people are related upto the cremation ground; [then] the swan (soul) flies away alone
- deharī laga terī sagī re maherī, phalisā lagī sagī māī
- देहरी लग तेरी सगी रे महेरी, फलिसा लगी सगी माई
Descendants
- Braj: अकेलौ (akelau)
- Hindustani: akelā
- Hindi: अकेला
- Urdu: اَکیلَا
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, OCLC 853683653, page 513
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121