अकेलो

Malvi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ekkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Sanskrit एकल (ekala)). Cognate with Gujarati એકલું (ekalũ), Hindustani اَکیلَا‎ / अकेला (akelā), 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
  • Hyphenation: अ‧के‧लो

Adjective

अकेलो (akelo)

  1. alone, solitary

Further reading
  • डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit]; डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010), “अकेलो”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, page 13, column 2.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121
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