As a Hindi name
एकक · masculine
unit (basic modular part)
Śabdasāgara also records: अकेला । बिना किसी व्यक्ति के साथ · वही
Platts (p. 114) also records: Single; solitary, alone
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āikā single, alone, solitary
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "ekaka" is derived from "eka" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
eka mfn. (√ i, Uṇ. iii, 43, probably fr. a base e; cf. Zd. ae-va; Gk. οἰ-ν-ός, οἶος; Goth. ai-n-s; also Lat. aequu-s; g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27; see Gr. 200), one (eko'pi, or ekaś-cana, with na preceding or following, no one, nobody; the words ekayā na or ekān na are used before decade numerals to lessen them by one, e.g. ekān na triṃśat, twenty-nine), RV. &c.
(with and without eva) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only (frequently ifc.; cf. dharmaika-rakṣa, &c.), RV. &c.
ekaka mf(ā, ikā)n. single, alone, solitary, RV. x, 59, 9; AV. xx, 132, 1.
ekaka a. 1 Single, alone, solitary, without a co-adjutor; U. 5. 5; Dk. 111. 2 Same, identical.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
ekaka mf(ā, ikā)n. single, alone, solitary, RV. x, 59, 9; AV. xx, 132, 1.
ekaka a. 1 Single, alone, solitary, without a co-adjutor; U. 5. 5; Dk. 111. 2 Same, identical.
ekaka mfn. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Alone, solitary. E. eka one, &c. kan aff.
eka mfn. (√ i, Uṇ. iii, 43, probably fr. a base e; cf. Zd. ae-va; Gk. οἰ-ν-ός, οἶος; Goth. ai-n-s; also Lat. aequu-s; g. sarvādi, Pāṇ. i, 1, 27; see Gr. 200), one (eko'pi, or ekaś-cana, with na preceding or following, no one, nobody; the words ekayā na or ekān na are used before decade numerals to lessen them by one, e.g. ekān na triṃśat, twenty-nine), RV. &c.
(with and without eva) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only (frequently ifc.; cf. dharmaika-rakṣa, &c.), RV. &c.
Alternative readings
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