कोयला

Hindi

Alternative forms

• कोइला (koilā), कोएला (koelā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀇𑀮𑀸 (koilā, “burning charcoal”), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila, “lighted coal; charcoal”), of Munda origin. Despite strong phonetic and semantic similarities, unrelated to English coal, which comes from PIE *ǵwelH- (“to burn, shine”) (whence Hindi जलना (jalnā) ultimately derives).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /koːj.lɑː/, [koːj.läː]

Noun

कोयला • (koylā) m (Urdu spelling کوئلہ)

1. coal; charcoal

   कोयले की खान ― koyle kī khān ― coal mine

2. live coal; firebrand

Declension

Declension of कोयला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कोयला koylā	कोयले koyle
oblique	कोयले koyle	कोयलों koylõ
vocative	कोयले koyle	कोयलो koylo

Derived terms

• काला कोयला (kālā koylā)
• कोयले की दलाली में हाथ काले (koyle kī dalālī mẽ hāth kāle)
• जलकर कोयला हो जाना (jalkar koylā ho jānā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kōkila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 181
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कोयला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 217
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کويلا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 866