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)

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Marathi

Etymology

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

Noun

तेल • (tel) n

1. oil

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, “तेल”, 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

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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)

Noun

तेल n

1. Devanagari script form of tela