تھل

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀣𑀮 (thala, “dry place, place”), from Sanskrit स्थल (sthála, “dry land, place”). Cognate with Hindustani थल / تھل (thal), Nepali थल (thal), Assamese থল (thol), Odia ଥଳ (thaḷa), Old Awadhi थल (thala), Gujarati થળ (thaḷ), Marwari थळ (thaḷ) and Marathi थळ (thaḷ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰə.ɭ/

Noun

تَھࣇ • (thaḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਥਲ਼)

1. desert
2. land, place

Proper noun

تَھࣇ • (thaḷ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਥਲ਼)

1. Thal desert

Derived terms

• مارُوتَھࣇ (mārūthaḷ, “desert”)
• تَھࣇی (thaḷī)
• تَھࣇوچی (thaḷocī)
• تَھࣇوچَڑ (thaḷocaṛ)

Descendants

• → Urdu: تَھل (thal)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تھل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰəl/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀣𑀮 (thala, “dry place, place”), from Sanskrit स्थल (sthála, “dry land, place”). Cognates include Punjabi تَھࣇ (thaḷ), Nepali थल (thal), Assamese থল (thol), Odia ଥଳ (thaḷa), Old Awadhi थल (thala), Gujarati થળ (thaḷ), Marwari थळ (thaḷ), Marathi थळ (thaḷ).

Noun

تَھل • (thal) m (Hindi spelling थल)

1. firm or dry ground; land (as opposed to water)
2. place, spot, site
3. den, lair (of a lion or tiger)
4. ford
5. raised ground; mound
6. group, multitude, herd

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi تَھࣇ (thaḷ).

Proper noun

تَھل • (thal) m (Hindi spelling थल)

1. Thal desert