डील

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀟𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ḍilla), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀺𑀮 (*ḍila).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɖiːl/

Noun

डील • (ḍīl) m (Urdu spelling ڈیل)

1. bulk, size, stature, body

Declension

Declension of डील (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डील ḍīl	डील ḍīl
oblique	डील ḍīl	डीलों ḍīlõ
vocative	डील ḍīl	डीलो ḍīlo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “डील”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “डील”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marwari

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀟𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*ḍilla), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀺𑀮 (*ḍila).

Noun

डील (ḍīl) m

1. body

   Synonyms: हरीर (harīr), शरीर (śarīr)

Alternative forms

• दील (dīl) — Jaisalmer

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Chacko, Sajayan, Ngwazah, Liahey (2012) “Marwari, Merwari, and Godwari”, in Juliana Kelsall, editor, Sociolinguistic survey of selected Rajasthani speech varieties of Rajasthan, India‎^[1], volume 6, SIL International, page 36