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/

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• Hyphenation: اَ‧کے‧لَا

Adjective

اَکیلَا • (akelā) (Hindi spelling अकेला)

1. 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)

Related terms

• اَکیلے (akele)
• اَکیلَاپَن (akelāpan)

Descendants

• → English: Akela

Further reading

• “اکیلا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121