ઉનાળો

ઉનાળો

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati ऊन्हालउ (ūnhālaü), from Gurjar Apabhramsa उन्हाल, उण्हाल + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit उष्णकाल (uṣṇakāla).[1] Cognate with Marathi उन्हाळा (unhāḷā), Punjabi ਹੁਨਾਲਾ (hunālā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.nɑ.ɭo/

Noun

ઉનાળો • (unāḷo) m

1. summer (season)

Declension

Declension of ઉનાળો
	singular	plural
nominative	ઉનાળો (unāḷo)	ઉનાળા (unāḷā), ઉનાળાઓ (unāḷāo)
oblique/vocative	ઉનાળા (unāḷā)	ઉનાળાઓ (unāḷāo)
instrumental	ઉનાળે (unāḷe)	ઉનાળાએ (unāḷāe)
locative	ઉનાળે (unāḷe)	ઉનાળે (unāḷe)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “uṣṇakāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112

Further reading

• “ઉનાળો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.