अड्कल

Nepali

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Hindustani اَٹْکَل / अटकल (aṭkal).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌɽkʌl]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अड्कल्

Noun

अड्कल • (aḍkal)

1. rough estimate, approximate calculation
2. guess

Declension

Declension of अड्कल
	Singular	Plural
nominative	अड्कल [ʌɽkʌl]	अड्कलहरू [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾu]
accusative	अड्कललाई [ʌɽkʌlläi]	अड्कलहरूलाई [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	अड्कलले [ʌɽkʌlle]	अड्कलहरूले [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾule]
dative	अड्कललाई [ʌɽkʌlläi]	अड्कलहरूलाई [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	अड्कलबाट [ʌɽkʌlloʈʌ]	अड्कलहरूबाट [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	अड्कलको [ʌɽkʌlko]	अड्कलहरूको [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾuko]
locative	अड्कलमा [ʌɽkʌlmä]	अड्कलहरूमा [ʌɽkʌlɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “अड्कल”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṭṭakkalā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press