तैल

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

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तैल (taila). Doublet of तेल (tel).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɛːl/

Noun

तैल • (tail) m

1. sesame oil
2. synonym of तेल (tel, “oil”)

Declension

Declension of तैल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तैल tail	तैल tail
oblique	तैल tail	तैलों tailõ
vocative	तैल tail	तैलो tailo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• তৈল (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬿᬮ (Balinese script)
• তৈল (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰹𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁃𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• တဲလ (Burmese script)
• તૈલ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੈਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑍈𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦻꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂶𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ತೈಲ (Kannada script)
• តៃល (Khmer script)
• ໄຕລ (Lao script)
• തൈല (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠᡳᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘺𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠧᠧᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧛𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐿𑐮 (Newa script)
• ତୈଲ (Odia script)
• ꢡꣀꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆽𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖹𑖩 (Siddham script)
• තෛල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩗𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚳𑚥 (Takri script)
• தைல (Tamil script)
• తైల (Telugu script)
• ไตล (Thai script)
• ཏཻ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒻𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨇𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of तिल (tilá, “sesame”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɑːj.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑj.l̪ɐ/

Noun

तै॒ल • (tailá) stem, n

1. oil
2. (specifically) sesame oil
3. olibanum
4. name (also title or epithet) of a king

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तै॒ल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	तै॒लम् (tailám)	तै॒ले (tailé)	तै॒लानि॑ (tailā́ni) तै॒ला¹ (tailā́¹)
accusative	तै॒लम् (tailám)	तै॒ले (tailé)	तै॒लानि॑ (tailā́ni) तै॒ला¹ (tailā́¹)
instrumental	तै॒लेन॑ (tailéna)	तै॒लाभ्या॑म् (tailā́bhyām)	तै॒लैः (tailáiḥ) तै॒लेभिः॑¹ (tailébhiḥ¹)
dative	तै॒लाय॑ (tailā́ya)	तै॒लाभ्या॑म् (tailā́bhyām)	तै॒लेभ्यः॑ (tailébhyaḥ)
ablative	तै॒लात् (tailā́t)	तै॒लाभ्या॑म् (tailā́bhyām)	तै॒लेभ्यः॑ (tailébhyaḥ)
genitive	तै॒लस्य॑ (tailásya)	तै॒लयोः॑ (tailáyoḥ)	तै॒लाना॑म् (tailā́nām)
locative	तै॒ले (tailé)	तै॒लयोः॑ (tailáyoḥ)	तै॒लेषु॑ (tailéṣu)
vocative	तैल॑ (táila)	तैले॑ (táile)	तैला॑नि (táilāni) तैला॑¹ (táilā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: tela
• Chakma: 𑄖𑄬𑄣𑄴 (tel)
• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: tew
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑁳𑀮𑁆𑀮 (tĕlla) (see there for further descendants)
• → Hajong: তেল (tel)
• → Pashto: تېل (tel)

Learned borrowings from तैल (taila)

• Assamese: তৈল (toil)
• Bengali: তৈল (tōil)
• Tibetan: ཏིལ (til)
• Gujarati: તૈલ (tail)
• Hindustani: taila

  Hindi: तैल

  Urdu: تَیل

• Kannada: ತೈಲ (taila)
• Maithili: tail

  Devanagari script: तैल

  Tirhuta script: 𑒞𑒻𑒪

• Malayalam: തൈലം (tailaṁ)
• Marathi: तैल (tail)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: तैल

  Mahajani script: 𑅣𑅑𑅮

• Odia: ତୈଳ (taiḷa)
• Sinhalese: තෛලය (tailaya)
• Tamil: தைலம் (tailam)
• Telugu: తైలము (tailamu)

Further reading

• “तैल॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 209, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899), “तैल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 455, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tailá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 340