तेल

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

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Cognate with Gujarati તેલ (tel), Bengali তেল (tel). Doublet of तैल (tail).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪eːl/, [t̪eːl̪]
• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

तेल • (tel) m (Urdu spelling تیل‎)

1. oil
2. vegetable oil

Declension

Declension of तेल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तेल tel	तेल tel
oblique	तेल tel	तेलों telõ
vocative	तेल tel	तेलो telo

Descendants

• → Pashto: تېل‎ (tel)

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi तेल (tela), from Sanskrit तैल (taila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪el/

Noun

तेल • (tel) n

1. oil

Declension

Declension of तेल (tel)
direct singular	तेल tel
direct plural	तेले, तेलं tele, tela
	singular		plural
nominative	तेल tel		तेले, तेलं tele, tela
oblique	तेला- telā-		तेलां- telāN-
dative	तेलाला telālā		तेलांना telāNnā
ergative	तेलाने telāne		तेलांनी telāNni
instrumental	तेलाशी telāśi		तेलांशी telāNśi
locative	तेलात telāt		तेलांत telāNt
vocative	तेला telā		तेलांनो telāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of तेल
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	तेलाचा telāċā	तेलाचे telāce	तेलाची telāci	तेलाच्या telāca	तेलाचे, तेलाचं telāce, telāċa	तेलाची telāci	तेलाच्या telāca
plural subject	तेलांचा telāNċā	तेलांचे telāNce	तेलांची telāNci	तेलांच्या telāNca	तेलांचे, तेलांचं telāNce, telāNċa	तेलांची telāNci	तेलांच्या telāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• खोबरेल तेल (khobrel tel, “coconut oil”)
• तिळाचे तेल (tiḷāce tel, “sesame oil”)
• भुईमूग तेल (bhuīmūg tel, “groundnut oil”)
• सोयाबीन तेल (soyābīn tel, “soyabean oil”)

See also

• तूप (tūp, “ghee”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तेल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “तेल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tela (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑁂𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• তেল (Bengali script)
• තෙල (Sinhalese script)
• တေလ (Burmese script)
• เตล or เตละ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕລ or ເຕລະ (Lao script)
• តេល (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

तेल n

1. Devanagari script form of tela (“oil”)

Declension

Declension table of "तेल" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	तेलं (telaṃ)	तेलानि (telāni)
Accusative (second)	तेलं (telaṃ)	तेलानि (telāni)
Instrumental (third)	तेलेन (telena)	तेलेहि (telehi) or तेलेभि (telebhi)
Dative (fourth)	तेलस्स (telassa) or तेलाय (telāya) or तेलत्थं (telatthaṃ)	तेलानं (telānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	तेलस्मा (telasmā) or तेलम्हा (telamhā) or तेला (telā)	तेलेहि (telehi) or तेलेभि (telebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	तेलस्स (telassa)	तेलानं (telānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	तेलस्मिं (telasmiṃ) or तेलम्हि (telamhi) or तेले (tele)	तेलेसु (telesu)
Vocative (calling)	तेल (tela)	तेलानि (telāni)