ایکلو

Gojri

Alternative forms

• اِکْلو (iklo)

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 (akelā) / अकेला (akelā), Marwari एकलौ (eklau) / 𑅓𑅕𑅮𑅒 (eklu), ऐकलौ (aiklau) / 𑅑𑅕𑅮𑅒 (iklu), येकलौ (yeklau) / 𑅛𑅓𑅕𑅮𑅒 (jeklu), Malvi अकेलो (akelo), Saraiki کَلھَا (kalhā), Punjabi ਅਕੇਲਾ (akelā) / اَکیْلا (akelā), Bengali একলা (ekola), Assamese অকল (okol), Sylheti ꠄꠇꠟꠣ (exola).

Adjective

ایکْلو (eklo)

1. alone, single, solitary
2. unaccompanied

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 51.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) “ایکلوْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری (in Gojri), page 135, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ēkkala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121