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ਏਕਲਾ

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Old Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkalaya), from Sanskrit एकल (ekala) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Early New-Indo-Aryan cognates

Cognate with Old Hindi अकेला (akelā), Old Gujarati एकलउं (ekalaüṃ), Old Marathi 𑘊𑘎𑘩 (ekala), 𑘧𑘹𑘎𑘩 (yekala), 𑘧𑘹𑘏𑘩 (yekhala).

Adjective

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ਏਕਲਾ (ekalā)[1][2][3]

  1. alone, lonely, unattended
    • 1604, Namdev, Ādi Granth ang 727:
      ਚੰਦੀਂ ਹਜਾਰ ਆਲਮ ਏਕਲ ਖਾਨਾਂ ॥
      candīṃ hajāra ālama ekala khānāṃ.
      • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
        You alone are the Lord of so many thousands of worlds.
  2. one, same
    • 1604, Namdev, Ādi Granth ang 988:
      ਏਕਲ ਮਾਟੀ ਕੁੰਜਰ ਚੀਟੀ ਭਾਜਨ ਹੈਂ ਬਹੁ ਨਾਨਾ ਰੇ ॥
      ekala māṭī kuñjara cīṭī bhājana haiṃ bahu nānā re.
      • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
        Out of the same clay, the elephant, the ant, and the many sorts of species are formed.

References

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  1. ^ Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਏਕਲਾ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 29
  2. ^ Surindar Singh Kohli (1996) “ਏਕਲ”, in Dictionary of the Guru Granth Sahib, 1st edition, Amritsar: Singh Brothers, →ISBN, page 148, column 2; republished Amritsar, 2005.
  3. ^ “ਏਕਲ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
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