बिल

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Hindi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /bɪl/

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀮 (bila), from Sanskrit बिल (bíla). Cognate with Assamese বিল (bil, lake) and Marathi बीळ (bīḷ, hole).

Noun[edit]

बिल (bilm (Urdu spelling بِل)

  1. hole
    Synonym: छेद (ched)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bill.

Noun[edit]

बिल (bilm (Urdu spelling بِل)

  1. check, bill
  2. (law) bill
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Old Gujarati[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit बिल (bila).

Noun[edit]

बिल (bila)

  1. hole, den

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

बिल n

  1. Devanagari script form of bila

Declension[edit]

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative scripts[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of unclear origin.[1]

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (to dig, cut off?) and connected with Irish bealach (way, road), Welsh bwlch (gap, pass), and Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, to dig, hollow).[2][3] However, Mayrhofer is skeptical of this derivation, and prefers to take the word as a Dravidian borrowing (as per Burrow, Kuiper, and Turner), comparing Malayalam വിള്ളല് (viḷḷalŭ, crack, cavity) and Tamil விள்ளு (viḷḷu, to burst open)[4][5]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

बिल (bíla) stemn

  1. a cave, hole, pit, opening, aperture
  2. the hollow (of a dish), bowl (of a spoon or ladle)

Declension[edit]

Neuter a-stem declension of बिल (bíla)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative बिलम्
bílam
बिले
bíle
बिलानि / बिला¹
bílāni / bílā¹
Vocative बिल
bíla
बिले
bíle
बिलानि / बिला¹
bílāni / bílā¹
Accusative बिलम्
bílam
बिले
bíle
बिलानि / बिला¹
bílāni / bílā¹
Instrumental बिलेन
bílena
बिलाभ्याम्
bílābhyām
बिलैः / बिलेभिः¹
bílaiḥ / bílebhiḥ¹
Dative बिलाय
bílāya
बिलाभ्याम्
bílābhyām
बिलेभ्यः
bílebhyaḥ
Ablative बिलात्
bílāt
बिलाभ्याम्
bílābhyām
बिलेभ्यः
bílebhyaḥ
Genitive बिलस्य
bílasya
बिलयोः
bílayoḥ
बिलानाम्
bílānām
Locative बिले
bíle
बिलयोः
bílayoḥ
बिलेषु
bíleṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants[edit]

  • Tamil: பிலம் (pilam)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 225
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 96
  3. ^ Petersson, Herbert (1916) “Beiträge zur armenischen Wortkunde”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 47, number 3/4, pages 264–265
  4. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 431-2
  5. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press