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”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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)
• 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

Etymology

Likely from a Munda language (jar-tila "wild sesame").

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ti.lɐ/
• (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:
  • Dhivehi: ތިލެޔޮކޯޅި‎ (tileyokōḷi)
  • Sinhalese: තල (tala)
• → Old Javanese: [script needed] (tila)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: তিল (tilo)
    • Assamese: তিল (til)
  • Bengali: তিল (til)
  • Maithili: तिल (til)
  • Oriya: ତିଳ (tiḷô)
• 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)

References

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