اکلوتا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*ĕkkalaütta), from Sanskrit एकल-पुत्र (ekala-putra, “only son”). Compare Punjabi اکلوتا (iklauttā). Related to اِکل (ikal).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪk.lɔː.t̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: اِک‧لَو‧تا

Adjective

اِکْلَوتا • (iklautā) (feminine اِکلَوتی (iklautī), Hindi spelling एकलौता)

1. sole; only (concerning progeny; where the possibility of more than one is conceivable)
   • 1898, George W. M. Reynolds, translated by مِرْزا صاحِب حَیرَت دِہَلْوی [mirzā sāhib hairat dihalvī], ناوَل روزا لَیمبَرْٹ [nāval rozā laimbarṭ, Novel Rosa Lambert]‎^[1], →OCLC, page 7:

     یہ نوجوان جسکی ۲۱؍ برس کی عمر ہو گی اکلوتا بیٹا اُس دولتمند کا تھا

     ye naujavān jiskī 21' baras kī 'umr ho gī iklautā beṭā us daulatmand kā thā

     This young man, who's probably 21’ years old, was the only son of that rich man

   • 1959, وَزِیر حَسَن [vazīr hasan], وَہْمی [vahmī]‎^[2], page 27:

     رمؔیش ڈاکٹر پرتؔاب کا اکلوتا بیٹا ہے۔

     rameś ḍākṭar partāb kā iklautā beṭā hai.

     Ramesh is Dr. Partab's only son.

2. single, lone (one who does not have a partner)
   • 1940, مُحَمَّد سَرْوَر [muhammad sarvar], خُطُوط مُحَمَّد عَلی [xutūt muhammad 'alī]‎^[3], page 14:

     مگر میرے نزدیک میرا اکلوتا بھائ شوکت بھی ہے

     magar mere nazdīk merā iklautā bhāī śaukat bhī hai

     However, I have a single brother [who is called] Shaukat

Declension

Declension of اکلوتا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	اِکْلَوتا (iklautā)	اِکْلَوتے (iklaute)		اِکْلَوتی (iklautī)	اِکْلَوتی (iklautī)
indirect	اِکْلَوتے (iklaute)	اِکْلَوتے (iklaute)		اِکْلَوتی (iklautī)	اِکْلَوتی (iklautī)

Further reading

More information

• “اکلوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اکلوتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اکلوتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اکلوتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “اِکلوتا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 103
• John Shakespear (1834) “اکلوتا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC