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ઇયળ

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Gujarati

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Sanskrit अलिन् (alin, “black bee; scorpion”). Possibly an deformation of an earlier *અળિ (aḷi).[1] Compare Hindustani الی / अली (alī) and Marathi अळ (aḷ), अळी (aḷī), अळई (aḷaī, “maggot”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ઇયળ • (iyaḷ) f

  1. caterpillar, worm

Declension

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Declension of ઇયળ
singular plural
nominative ઇયળ (iyaḷ) ઇયળો (iyaḷo)
oblique ઇયળ (iyaḷ) ઇયળો (iyaḷo)
vocative ઇયળ (iyaḷ) ઇયળો (iyaḷo)
instrumental ઇયળે (iyaḷe) ઇયળોએ (iyaḷoe)
locative ઇયળે (iyaḷe) ઇયળોએ (iyaḷoe)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “alin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 32
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