एक

Etymology

From Old Hindi एक (eka), form Sauraseni Apabhramsa, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), from Sanskrit एक (éka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas.

Numeral

एक • (ek), Urdu spelling: ایک‎

1. (cardinal) one; 1

Adjective

एक • (ek) (Urdu spelling ایک‎)

1. sole, only

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit, from Sanskrit एक (éka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas.

Numeral

एक (ek) (Latin script ek, Kannada script ಎಕ)

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Sanskrit एक (éka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas.

Numeral

एक (ek)

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit, from Sanskrit एक (éka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas.

Numeral

एक • (ek)

1. (cardinal) one

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), from Sanskrit एक (éka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas.

Numeral

एक • (eka), pronounced एक् (ek)

1. (cardinal) one

Alternative forms

• इक (ika), हेक (heka)

Etymology

From Sauraseni Apabhramsa, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), 𑀇𑀓 (ika), from Sanskrit एक (eka).

Numeral

एक (eka)

1. one
   • c. 1500, Kabir 77.1

     एक जोति तैं सब उतपंना, कौंण वारंण कौंण सूदा

     eka joti taiṃ saba utapaṃnā, kauṃṇa vāraṃṇa kauṃṇa sūdā

     All have arisen from one light, who is a brāhmin and who is a śūdra?

Alternative forms

Numeral

एक

1. Devanagari script form of eka

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)óykos (“one, single”). Cognates include Persian یک‎ (yek), Old Latin oinos (Classical Latin ūnus), Ancient Greek οἶος (oîos) and Old English ān (English one and an). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.kɐ/

Numeral

एक • (éka)

1. one

Adjective

एक • (éka)

1. (with and without एव (eva)) alone, solitary, single, happening only once, that one only
2. the same, one and the same, identical
3. one of two or many
4. single of its kind, unique, singular, chief, pre-eminent, excellent
5. sincere, truthful
6. little, small
7. (sometimes used as an indefinite article), a, an

Noun

एक • (éka) m

1. name of a teacher
2. name of a son of रय (Raya)

Noun

एक • (éka) n

1. unity, a unit (at the end of a compound)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0227