तिल

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

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Mundabor.

Sanskrit तिल (tila)

Prakrit तिल (tila)

Hindi तिल

Inherited from Prakrit तिल (tila), from Sanskrit तिल (tila), borrowed from a Munda language.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪl/

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• 𑄖𑄨𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

तिल n

1. Devanagari script form of tila (“sesame”)

Declension

Declension table of "तिल" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	तिलं (tilaṃ)	तिलानि (tilāni)
Accusative (second)	तिलं (tilaṃ)	तिलानि (tilāni)
Instrumental (third)	तिलेन (tilena)	तिलेहि (tilehi) or तिलेभि (tilebhi)
Dative (fourth)	तिलस्स (tilassa) or तिलाय (tilāya) or तिलत्थं (tilatthaṃ)	तिलानं (tilānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	तिलस्मा (tilasmā) or तिलम्हा (tilamhā) or तिला (tilā)	तिलेहि (tilehi) or तिलेभि (tilebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	तिलस्स (tilassa)	तिलानं (tilānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	तिलस्मिं (tilasmiṃ) or तिलम्हि (tilamhi) or तिले (tile)	तिलेसु (tilesu)
Vocative (calling)	तिल (tila)	तिलानि (tilāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তিল (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬶᬮ (Balinese script)
• তিল (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰰𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• တိလ (Burmese script)
• તિલ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਿਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌿𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦶꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂱𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ತಿಲ (Kannada script)
• តិល (Khmer script)
• ຕິລ (Lao script)
• തില (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘱𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠢᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧒𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐶𑐮 (Newa script)
• ତିଲ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢶꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆴𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖰𑖩 (Siddham script)
• තිල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩑𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚮𑚥 (Takri script)
• தில (Tamil script)
• తిల (Telugu script)
• ติล (Thai script)
• ཏི་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒱𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨁𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Mundabor.

Sanskrit तिल

Borrowed from a Munda language. Compare Korku [script needed] (telamiɲ, “sesame”). Alternatively, related to Ossetian тиллӕг (tillæg, “grain, corn”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ti.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪i.l̪ɐ/

Noun

तिल • (tila) stem, 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)
2. particle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of तिल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तिलः (tilaḥ)	तिलौ (tilau) तिला¹ (tilā¹)	तिलाः (tilāḥ) तिलासः¹ (tilāsaḥ¹)
accusative	तिलम् (tilam)	तिलौ (tilau) तिला¹ (tilā¹)	तिलान् (tilān)
instrumental	तिलेन (tilena)	तिलाभ्याम् (tilābhyām)	तिलैः (tilaiḥ) तिलेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	तिल (tila)	तिलौ (tilau) तिला¹ (tilā¹)	तिलाः (tilāḥ) तिलासः¹ (tilāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• तैल (taila)
• जर्तिल (jartila)
• तिलोत्तमा (tilottamā)

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ތިލެޔޮކޯޅި (tileyokōḷi)
  • Sinhalese: තල (tala)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: তিল (tilo)
    • Assamese: তিল (til)
  • Bengali: তিল (til)
  • Maithili: तिल (til)
  • Odia: ତିଳ (tiḷa)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: तीळ (tīḷa)
    • Marathi: तीळ (tīḷ)
• Pali: tila
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: તલ (tal)
  • Hindi: तिल (til)
  • Nepali: तिल (til)
  • Punjabi: ਤਿਲ (til)
• → Angkorian Old Khmer: [script needed] (tila), [script needed] (tilaka)
  • Khmer: តិលក (tĕlkâ)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (tila)
• → Malayalam: തിലം (tilaṁ)
• → Telugu: తిలము (tilamu), తిలం (tilaṁ), తిలలు (tilalu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “तिल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 448, column 1.