स्थल

See also: स्थल्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्थल (sthala).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /st̪ʰəl/, [st̪ʰɐl]
• Rhymes: -əl

Noun

स्थल • (sthal) m

1. land, ground; place

   Synonyms: ज़मीन (zamīn), भूमि (bhūmi)

2. dry land, parched soil

   स्थल में मीलों तक पानी नहीं मिलता है।

   sthal mẽ mīlõ tak pānī nahī̃ miltā hai.

   Water is not to be found for miles in arid land.

Declension

Declension of स्थल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्थल sthal	स्थल sthal
oblique	स्थल sthal	स्थलों sthalõ
vocative	स्थल sthal	स्थलो sthalo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্থল (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬣᬮ (Balinese script)
• স্থল (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰞𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀣𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• သ္ထလ (Burmese script)
• સ્થલ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਥਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦡꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂟𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ಥಲ (Kannada script)
• ស្ថល (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຖລ (Lao script)
• സ്ഥല (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡨᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠲᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦾𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐠𑐮 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ଥଲ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢢꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆡𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖞𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්ථල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩬𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚚𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஸ்த²ல (Tamil script)
• స్థల (Telugu script)
• สฺถล (Thai script)
• སྠ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒟𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨚𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- or *stel-. However, Mayrhofer considers this semantically unconvincing, and prefers to link the word to Proto-Indo-European *sterh₁- (“to be stiff”), whence German starr (“rigid”). The root स्थल् (sthal, “to stand, to be firm”) is probably a back-formation from the noun.

Noun

स्थल • (sthala) stem, m

1. chapter, section (of a book)
2. name of a son of बल (bala)
3. (स्थला (sthalā)), a heap of artificially raised earth, mound

Noun

स्थल • (sthala) stem, n

1. = स्थली (sthalī) above
2. dry land (opp. to damp low-land), firm earth (opp. to water)
3. ground, soil, place, spot
4. a flat surface, roof (of a palace)
5. situation, circumstance, case

   तथाविध-स्थले ― tathāvidha-sthale ― in such a case

6. topic, subject
7. text

Descendants

• → Gujarati: સ્થળ (sthaḷ)
• → Hindi: स्थल (sthal)
• → Malayalam: സ്ഥലം (sthalaṁ), തളം (taḷaṁ)
• → Tamil: தலம் (talam), ஸ்தலம் (stalam)
• → Telugu: స్థలము (sthalamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्थल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 1261/3, 1262/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 764
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 525