तिल

See also: तौल, तूलि, तुला, ताला, तल, ताली, and तेल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिल (tila). Compare Punjabi ਤਿਲ (til) / تِل‎ (til), Gujarati તલ (tal), Marathi तीळ (tīḷ), Bengali তিল (til), Assamese তিল (til).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪl/, [t̪ɪl̪]

Noun

तिल • (til) m (Urdu spelling تِل‎)

1. sesame (Sesamum indicum), benniseed, gingelly
2. mole (facial feature)

Declension

Declension of तिल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिल til	तिल til
oblique	तिल til	तिलों tilõ
vocative	तिल til	तिलो tilo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “तिल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “tilá¹ (5827)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tila (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• তিল (Bengali script)
• තිල (Sinhalese script)
• တိလ (Burmese script)
• ติล or ติละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩥᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕິລ or ຕິລະ (Lao script)
• តិល (Khmer script)

Noun

तिल n

1. Devanagari script form of tila

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Sanskrit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t̪i.l̪ɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪i.l̪ɐ/

Noun

तिल • (tila) m

1. Sesamum indicum (its blossom is compared to the nose), sesame seed (much used in cookery; supposed to have originated from Vishnu's sweat-drops).

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तिल (tila)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तिलः tilaḥ	तिलौ tilau	तिलाः / तिलासः¹ tilāḥ / tilāsaḥ¹
Vocative	तिल tila	तिलौ tilau	तिलाः / तिलासः¹ tilāḥ / tilāsaḥ¹
Accusative	तिलम् tilam	तिलौ tilau	तिलान् tilān
Instrumental	तिलेन tilena	तिलाभ्याम् tilābhyām	तिलैः / तिलेभिः¹ tilaiḥ / tilebhiḥ¹
Dative	तिलाय tilāya	तिलाभ्याम् tilābhyām	तिलेभ्यः tilebhyaḥ
Ablative	तिलात् tilāt	तिलाभ्याम् tilābhyām	तिलेभ्यः tilebhyaḥ
Genitive	तिलस्य tilasya	तिलयोः tilayoḥ	तिलानाम् tilānām
Locative	तिले tile	तिलयोः tilayoḥ	तिलेषु tileṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• तैल (taila)

Descendants

• → Angkorian Old Khmer: [script needed] (tila), [script needed] (tilaka)
  • Khmer: តិលក (tĕlkâ)
• Helu: [Term?]
  • Dhivehi: ތިލެޔޮކޯޅި‎ (tileyokōḷi)
  • Sinhalese: තල (tala)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (tila)
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Early Assamese: তিল (tilo)
    • Assamese: তিল (til)
  • Bengali: তিল (til)
  • Maithili: तिल
  • Oriya: ତିଳ (tiḷô)
• Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Old Marathi: तीळ (tīḷa)
    • Marathi: तीळ (tīḷ)
• Pali: tila
• Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Gujarati: તલ (tal)
  • Hindi: तिल (til)
  • Nepali: तिल (til)
  • Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (til)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “तिल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0448.