As a Hindi name
एकल · adj
अकेला · अद्वितीय । एकता — Śabdasāgara
एकल · ekal · adj.
Alone, solitary ( = akelā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 114
एकल
alone, sole
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi एकल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas Sanskrit एक (eka) Sanskrit -ल (-la) Sanskrit एकल (ekala) Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮 (ĕkkalla) Hindi एकल Learned borrowing from Sanskrit एकल (ekala) or inherited from Prak…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ekala mfn. alone, solitary, ChUp.; BhP. &c.
(in mus.) a solo singer.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
alone, solitary, &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
ekala mfn. alone, solitary, ChUp.; BhP. &c.
(in mus.) a solo singer.
ekala a. Alone, solitary; U. 4.
ekala mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Alone, solitary; a various reading of ekaka.
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