Alone in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “alone” in Hindi is अकेला, pronounced tanha — it is a adverb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
without any others being included or involved
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)
Prakrit -𑀓- (-ka-)
Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkallaya)
Old Hindi अकेला (akelā)
Hindi अकेला
Inherited from Old Hindi अकेला (akelā), a variant of एकला (ekalā), एकल (ekala) with metathesis, from Prakrit एक्कल्लय (ĕkkallaya), from एक्कल्ल (ĕkkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), ultimately related to Sanskrit एकल (ekala, “alone”). Cognate with Gujarati એકલું (ekalũ), Bengali একলা (ekola).
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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)
Prakrit -𑀓- (-ka-)
Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬 (ĕkkallaya)
Old Hindi अकेला (akelā)
Hindi अकेला
Inherited from Old Hindi अकेला (akelā), a variant of एकला (ekalā), एकल (ekala) with metathesis, from Prakrit एक्कल्लय (ĕkkallaya), from एक्कल्ल (ĕkkalla) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), ultimately related to Sanskrit एकल (ekala, “alone”). Cognate with Gujarati એકલું (ekalũ), Bengali একলা (ekola).
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